Indian Team Trials: Gurpreet beats Sajan to qualify for Olympic Qualifiers, Ashu is the surprise qualifier in Greco-Roman

The fight between national champion Gurpreet Singh and two time Junior world championship medallist was billed as Battle Royale – but it proved to be a one-side affair in favour of the four-time national champion from Punjab. Unlike the nationals final in Jalandhar, Sajan was completely off colour. The national finals ended 3-1 in favour of Gurpreet but for the place in the Olympic Qualifiers on Friday, Singh defeated Sajan 10-3 to book his place in the Indian team for Asian Qualifiers and Asian Wrestling Championships in February.

60kg – Gyanendar reigned supreme
In the 60kg category, no one could match Gyanendar from Services. His domination was such that no one could even score a single point against him in the 3 bouts. After defeating Hardeep 8-0 in the last 8 clashes, Gyanendar defeated Vijay from Jharkhand in semi-finals and Sachin Rana from Delhi in the finals to qualify for the Indian team.

67kg – Ashu from Haryana, the surprise package of the day
Ashu from Haryana was the surprise package of the day as he stunned national champion Ravinder from Railways in 67kg to book his place for the Asian Olympic Qualifiers. Ashu won the bout 6-3 against Ravinder in Semi-finals and then defeated Saurabh in the finals in a very convincing fashion.

The National champions Sunil Kumar in 87kg, Hardeep in 97kg and Naveen in 130kg proved too good for the challengers in their category as they won the trials with much ado in their respective categories.

Results all Finals
60kg – Gyanendar (Services) beat Sachin Rana (Delhi) 2-0
67kg – Ashu (Haryana) beat Saurabh (JHA) 7-2
77kg – Gurpreet Singh(Pun) beat Sajan (Railways) 10-3
87kg – Sunil Kumar (Railways) beat Ravinder Khatri (Services) 4-1
97kg – Hardeep (Railways) beat Ravi (Railways) 3-2
130kg – Naveen (Services) beat Prem (SSCB) 2-0

Greco-Roman Category – Complete Results
60kg –
Last 16
Hardeep (Haryana) beat Sachin Sharma (Railways) 10-9
Quarterfinals
Gyanender (Services) beat Hardeep (Haryana) 8-0
Vijay (JHA) beat Vikram Kurade (Railways) 11-4
Manish (Railways) beat Manjeet (JHA) 4-3
Sachin Rana (Del) beat Taibarga (Services) 8-0
Semi-Finals
Sachin Rana (Del) beat Manish (Railways) 7-0
Gyanendar (Services) beat Vijay (JHA) 9-0
Finals
Gyanendar (Services) beat Sachin Rana (Delhi) 2-0

67kg –
Quarterfinals
Ashu (Haryana) beat Surajmal (Services) 10-7
Sachin (Services) beat Sagar (Delhi) 7-0
Deepak (Railways) beat Saurabh (JHA) 6-5
Semi-FInals
Ashu (Haryana) beat Ravinder (Railways) 6-3
Saurabh (JHA) beat Sachin (SSCB) 8-0
Finals
Ashu (Haryana) beat Saurabh (JHA) 7-2

77kg –
Semi-FInals
Sajan (Railways) beat Kuldeep Malik (Railways) 4-3
Gurpreet Singh(Pun) beat Manjeet (JHA) 8-0
Finals
Gurpreet Singh(Pun) beat Sajan (Railways) 10-3

87kg –
Semi-finals
Ravinder Khatri (Services) beat Prabhpal Singh (Pun) 9-0
Sunil Kumar (Railways) beat Harpreet Singh (Pun) 4-0
Finals
Sunil Kumar (Railways) beat Ravinder Khatri (Services) 4-1

97kg –
Semi-finals
Hardeep (Railways) beat Deepanshu (Services) 2-1
Ravi (Railways) beat Sonu (Services) 6-0
Finals
Hardeep (Railways) beat Ravi (Railways) 3-2

130kg –
Semi-Finals
Naveen (Services) beat Anil Kumar (Services)
Prem (Services) beat Manveer Singh (Pun) 5-1
Finals
Naveen (Services) beat Prem (SSCB) 2-0

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