{"id":68264,"date":"2019-09-20T17:35:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T12:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=68264"},"modified":"2020-11-04T11:43:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T06:13:45","slug":"world-wrestling-championships-sushil-kumar-loses-opening-bout-azerbaijans-gadzhiyev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/sports-news\/world-wrestling-championships-sushil-kumar-loses-opening-bout-azerbaijans-gadzhiyev\/","title":{"rendered":"World Wrestling Championships: Sushil Kumar loses opening bout against Azerbaijan\u2019s Gadzhiyev"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar was defeated by Azerbaijan’s Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev in the opening round of the men’s freestyle 74kg category in the World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan on Friday, September 20.<\/span><\/p>\n

Using all his experience, the wily Indian had raced to a 9-4 lead but conceded seven points in a row to his opponent to lose his 74kg qualification round bout 9-11.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Azerbaijani wrestler later lost his quarterfinal bout to USA\u2019s Jordan Ernest Burroughs, resulting to Sushil\u2019s ouster from the championship.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 36-year-old two-time Olympic medalist has been struggling for long as he had made a first round exit from the 2018 Asian Games as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

He recently returned to the mat for the first time since his defeat in Jakarta when he competed at an event in Minsk, Belarus where he had finished fifth.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sushil is the only Indian to have won a world title when he triumphed in 2010 in Moscow.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the other category which offered Olympic qualification on Friday, Sumit Malik lost his 125kg first round bout 0-2 to Hungary\u2019s Daniel ligeti, who later lost in quarterfinals.<\/span><\/p>\n

So far, India has clinched two Olympic quotas through Bajrang Punia (65kg) and Ravi Dahiya (57kg).<\/span><\/p>\n

In the non-Olympic categories, Karan lost his 70kg Qualification bout 0-7 to Ikhtiyor Navruzov and was ousted wen the Uzbek lost his quarterfinal.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 92kg, Parveen won his first bout by technical superiority against Korea\u2019s Changjae Su but later lost 0-8 to Ukraine\u2019s Liubomyr Sagaliuk. Sagaliuk\u2019s defeat in quarterfinals shut the repechage door on the Indian.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"