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Kripa Shankar wins gold
Principal Correspondent
NEW DELHI: Kripa Shankar Patel snatched a Greco-Roman gold as the Indian wrestlers ended their campaign in the Canada Cup wrestling championship on a happy note.
After a poor performance in the freestyle championship, Patel led India to a decent show as it finished overall third in the Greco-Roman championship. United States and Canada took the first two spots.
In the 55kg class, Patel beat American Brad Pataky, who represented New York Athletic Club. Promise Mwenga of Canada settled for the bronze medal.
Mann snatches bronze
In the 96kg class, Anil Mann snatched bronze medal to end his Canadian sojourn with three medals. Mann had won two gold medals by winning both freestyle and Greco-Roman styles, in the Commonwealth championship at Ontario last week.
The results: Greco-Roman: 55kg: 1. Kripa Shankar Patel (Ind), 2. Brad Pataky (New York AC), 3. Promise Mwenga (Can). 60kg: 1. Nate Engel (US), 2. Jack Bond (Can), 3. Clay Dixon (Salisbury WC).
66kg: 1. Spencer Mongo (US), 2. Jason Wishinski (Ontario). 74kg: 1. Chad Hemerson (US), 2. Eamonn Dorgan (Can), 3. John Kent (US).
84kg: 1. John Rioux (Can), 2. Hugeus Bella-Lufa (RSA), 3. Andrew Silber (New York AC).
96kg: 1. Robert Smith (US), 2. Panayotis Gouaridis (US), 3. Anil Mann (Ind). 120kg: 1. Ari Taub (Can), 2. Eric Nye (US), 3. Shawn Geris (Ontario).
Team championship: 1. United States, 2. Canada, 3. India, 4. South Africa, 5. New York AC, 6. Ontario.
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