Despite taking to the mat for the first time since the 2012 London Olympics and climbing up weight divisions after international governing body FILA rejigged the weight classes for its competitions including those of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, both Sushil and Yogeshwar proved their worth in the limited tournaments they took part in this year.
Their eyes now firmly trained on Rio Olympics, the star grapplers carefully picked their tournaments, contesting in not more than three competitions in 2014.
But in those limited opportunities, the freestyle wrestlers came out with flying colours.
After opting out of the Dave Schultz Memorial International tournament at Colorado Springs, USA, in February, followed by Freestyle Wrestling World Cup in March, the two finally participated in the Senior International competition in Sassari city, Italy, on May 30-31.
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Having shifted from 60kg category, London Olympics bronze-medallist Yogeshwar won the gold in the 65kg division, while two-time Olympic medal winner Sushil bagged the silver in 74kg class.
Sushil, who had won a bronze in the 2008 Beijing Olympics before bettering his performance with a silver medal at the London Games four years later, had always contested in 66kg freestyle category. But the 31-year-old grappler, who had to add nine kilogrammes to adjust in his new weight bracket, made the jump look like a cake-walk.