Haryana continued its dominance on day two of the ongoing 36th boys and 19 girls Sub-junior National wrestling championship being held at the DSA ground Chittoor. But in the girls freestyle events Delhi and UP wrestlers also put up a fine show to join Haryana in the medals list. It was also a good day for Mahrashtra wrestlers.
In 46kg girls freestyle event Ankush stole the show, exhibiting fantastic allround skills to beat her colleague Manju to win the gold.
Ankush, who has been doing well in all the junior level international and national tournaments over the last few years, did not give any chance to Manju to make a comeback. Her continuous reversals won her points at regular intervals as the bout was over before the stipulated four minutes time.
In the 40kg category Simron of Delhi, who also did well in the junior Asian championship in Taiwan last year was dominant against Mamata of Karnataka. Simron, a talented young wrestler from Delhi looked strong in both defese and attack. With aggressive bout she put her opponent under tremendous pressure from the word go.
Uttar Pradesh’s Aaarju achieved the 52kg gold, overcoming Sadhana, who represented UP-B.
In the boys Greco Roman events, Haryana’s Vikas defeated Bapu of Maharashtra A, while the 63kg gold was won by Honey Pal Sin gh of Punjab, who outclassed Arun Yadav of Uttar Pradesh.
By Sudheer Mahavadi – DD Commentator
