London: Iran broke its Greco-Roman gold medal drought by winning three of them in three days. Ghasem Gholamreza Rezaei won the Olympic gold medal on Tuesday in 96-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling, beating Russia's Rustam Totrov 2-0, 1-0. Many thought it would be world champion Saeid Abdvali joining Hamid Soryan and Omid Noroozi as Olympic champions. But Abdvali got beat and Rezaei " who was a lowly 16th at the Beijing Games...
03:16 AM, Aug 08, 2012
London: Cuba's Mijain Lopez Nunez won gold for Cuba in the men's 120 kg Greco-Roman wrestling on Monday, beating Estonia's Heiki Nabi on points in the final. Lopez Nunez won 3-0 as Nabi claimed Estonia's first medal in London with silver. World champion Riza Kayaalp of Turkey beat Lopez Nunez to the world title last year but was forced to settle for bronze, beating Guram Pherselidze of Georgia 3-0. In...
02:44 AM, Aug 07, 2012
London: Wrestler Alan Khugaev brought Russia its sixth gold medal of the London Olympics Monday, beating Egypt's Karam Mohamed Gaber Ebrahim in the final of the men's 84 kg Greco-Roman wrestling. Khugaev beat Ebrahim 2-0 to take Russia's second wrestling gold of the Olympics after Roman Vlasov won the 74 kg category Sunday. The bronze medals went to Poland's Damian Janikowski, who beat his French opponent Melonin Noumonvi 3-0, and...
02:32 AM, Aug 07, 2012
London: Omid Noroozi of Iran won the gold medal Monday in men's 60-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling at the London Olympics. Noroozi, the defending world champion, beat Georgia's Revaz Lashkhi 1-0, 1-0 to give Iran its second Greco-Roman medal in as many days. Hamid Soryan won the country's first Greco-Roman gold on Sunday. Noroozi beat Kazakhstan's Almat Kebispayev in a rematch of the 2011 world championship final, then took out Lashkhi for...
12:11 AM, Aug 07, 2012
Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar's coach Satpal Singh said, technique and planning will help the Indian youngsters to perform well in the London Olympics. ...
08:59 PM, Jul 27, 2012
London: They are returning to the Olympics after eight years and more than the medals, the Indian weightlifters would feel the pressure of staying clear of the dope taint which has haunted the country in this discipline for about a decade. In fact, little is expected in terms of medals from the two lifters - K Ravi Kumar (69kg) and N Soniya Chanu (48kg) - at the London Games but...
05:50 PM, Jul 27, 2012
Beijing bronze medallist Sushil Kumar's father and brother talk about the wrestler being India's flag-bearer at the London Olympics. ...
03:47 PM, Jul 27, 2012
London: The list of Indian athletes participating at the London Olympic Games - 81 athletes, the highest ever Indian contingent to Olympics, will take part in 13 disciplines in the Games that will be held from July 27 to Aug 12. Archery Men: Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee, Tarundeep Rai. Women: Laishram Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari, Chekrovolu Swuro Athletics Men: Walk: Basanta Bahadur Rana, Baljinder Singh (both (50km), Gurmeet Singh, Irfan...
04:56 PM, Jul 26, 2012
New Delhi: Beijing Games bronze medallist Sushil Kumar and his long-time friend and fellow grappler Yogeshwar Dutt have enough experience to make the London Olympics a memorable event, feels national coach Yashvir Singh. The coach and mentor of the two wrestlers, who has closely witnessed their progress to the top, said the wrestlers have gained a lot of experience since their Olympics debut in 2004 Athens and are determined to...
03:24 PM, Jul 21, 2012
New York: India's top tennis player Leander Paes said wrestler Sushil Kumar deserves to be the flag bearer of the countys Olympic contingent during the opening ceremony of the London Games. Paes, who had won a singles bronze medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games, said since he had already done the honours during the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2000 Games, Sushil, a Beijing Games bronze medallist, should carry...
02:54 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: Still in disbelief over his qualification to the London Games, youngest member of the Indian wrestling contingent Amit Kumar Dahiya says he is treating this as his first and last Olympics. "I had prepared myself for the 2016 Olympics, I never expected to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. Right now I am not thinking beyond this Olympics, I am treating the London Games as my first and last...
03:08 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Sushil Kumar gave a new lease of life to Indian wrestling by winning a bronze medal at Beijing Olympics in 2008. ...
11:55 AM, Jul 19, 2012
Sonepat: He has earned himself a ticket to the London Olympics after a lot of hard work and pain, and grappler Narsingh Pancham Yadav now doesn't want to settle for anything less than a top-three finish at the marquee event. "My focus is to get a medal in the London Olympics. I am not thinking about anything else at this point of time. I am well aware what a podium...
03:28 PM, Jul 18, 2012
A team of 5 Indian wrestlers is upbeat about putting up a sparkling show at London Olympics 2012. ...
08:57 PM, Jul 17, 2012
A team of 5 Indian wrestlers is upbeat about putting up a sparkling show at London Olympics 2012. ...
08:57 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Sonepat: The missed chance at the Beijing Games still haunts Yogeshwar Dutt and the Indian grappler is desperate that before he brings curtains on his career, he realises the dream of winning a gold medal at the Olympics. Dutt feels that the London Games in all probability would be his last Olympics and he is determined that his third appearance at the mega event fetches him the desired result. Dutt...
02:13 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Sonepat: Doing an encore in London is not something that Sushil Kumar wants to lose his sleep over, but the Beijing Olympics bronze medallist has assured to put in the hard yards to ensure a podium finish in the upcoming Olympics. "I don't want to put any unnecessary pressure on me by thinking about the medal. It will hamper my performance in the Olympics. If you think about medal, you...
01:15 PM, Jul 17, 2012
In the countdown to the 2012 London Olympics, we retrace some memorable Indian moments at the quadrennial games. Today, a look at wrestler KD Jadhav's bronze medal in 1952. For nearly half a century he was India's forgotten hero, but in 1952 Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav was a national icon. At the Helsinki Games, the 'Pocket Dynamo' became independent India's first individual Olympic medallist when he won the freestyle wrestling bronze...
08:42 AM, Jul 17, 2012
Sonepat: Set for his third Olympics appearance, Indian grappler Yogeshwar Dutt wants to leave no stone unturned in his quest for the elusive medal at the London Games and is treating the marquee event as his last chance. "Olympic Games does not happen every year, it happens in every four years and I am lucky to God that he has provided me with the opportunity third time. I don't know...
09:48 PM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: Beijing bronze medallist Sushil Kumar and his long-time friend and fellow grappler Yogeshwar Dutt have enough experience to make the London Olympics a memorable event, feels their coach Yashvir Singh. Yashvir, who has closely witnessed Sushil and Yogeshwars ascent to the higher echelons of the sport, said the wrestlers have gained a lot of experience since their first Olympics in Athens in 2004 and are focused to make...
03:50 PM, Jul 16, 2012
