Date:30/09/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/09/30/stories/2006093006492000.htm

Sport - Wrestling

Narasingh claims title

MYSORE: Narasingh Yadav of STC, Mumbai defeated Prakash Yeragatti of Maratha Light Regiment Centre 5-1 to clinch the men's 84kg title at the Dasara all-India invitation wrestling championships, which concluded at the D. Devaraja Urs multipurpose stadium here on Friday.

Yadav was also adjudged as the best wrestler in the men's section while teammate Kaushalya Wagh was chosen as the best female wrestler.

The results:

Men: Plus 96kg: 1. Sachin Kurd (MLRC); 2. Manoj Kumar (STC, Delhi); 3. Asutosh (STC, Kasimpur) and Yellasttti (Karnataka). 96kg: 1. Bijender (Del); 2. Chethan (STC, Hissar); 3. Subash Thomar and Yuvaraj Patil (MLRC). 84kg: 1. Narasingh Yadav (STC, Mumbai); 2. Prakash Yeragatti (MLRC); 3. Deepak (STC, Kashidar) and Veerender (Delhi). 74kg: 1. Sachin Padkare (Kar); 2. Ashok Yenagi (Kar); 3. Paramjith Singh (Del) and Vittal Bevinamath (MLRC). 66kg: 1. Gurmail Singh (STC, Kasimpur); 2. Prakash Kale (MLRC); 3. Munna Yadav (STC, Mumbai) and Basavaraj Yadav (STC, Mumbai). 60kg: 1. Vijay Kumar (STC, Bhivani); 2. Venkatesh Patil (Kar); 3. D. Bhimraj (Kar) and Kuldeep Thomar (STC, Kasimpur). 55kg: 1. Ravindra Singh (STC, Bhivani); 2. Upendra Seva (STC, Indore); 3. Jaibeer Singh (STC, Hissar) and M.L. Dhondi (MLRC).

State-level championships: Dasara Kanteerava 84kg: 1. Bhagavanath Bilagi (KSP, Bangalore); 2. Upendra Karthik (Mysore) 3. Kenchappa (KSP) and Sanju Patil (Bgm). Dasara Kesari 74kg: 1. Sachin Phadthere (Mudhol); 2. Lokesh Ellasetti (KSP); 3. S. Anand (Dharwad) and Chethan Buddanavar. Dasara Kumar 66kg: 1. S.V. Kattikar (SH, D'gere); 2. Shivappa Patil (Bgm); 3. S.D. Mane (Mudhol). Dasara Kishore. 60kg: 1. Venkatesh Patil (STC, Dharwad); 2. Mahadev Kurani (Sanal, Jhamkhandi Tlk); 3. Ibrahim (Bgm) and V. Bheemraj. Mayor's Cup 42kg: 1. Vittal Bajanthri (SH, Belgaum); 2. Chandan Poojari (SH, Chandargi) and Mahantesh. Saukar Chenniah Award: Sujay Gowda (Mysore).