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Wrestlers bag four medals at Tifsa World Games

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Wrestler Dalmiya (60 kg) clinched gold as India bagged four medals at the just concluded sixth edition of the Tifsa World Games here.

Dalmiya outplayed Muhammad Sahan of Azerbaijan 4-1 in the summit clash to clinch the yellow medal.

Among other grapplers, experienced Luv Singh did not disappoint as he defeated Muhammad Kashif of Iran 5-3 in the 80 kg category to advance and then made it to the finals by beating Belarus Jordan 8-6.

In the summit clash, he lost to Muhammad Alim of Azerbaijan 1-5 to settle for the silver.

Naveen Kumar defeated Oleg of Lithuania 5-2 to take the bronze medal in the 90 kg category.

 

In the super heavyweight (90 kg) category, India's Josil defeated Mustafa Sultani of Afghanistan 3-1 to settle for the bronze in the tournament.

--IANS

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First Published: Oct 17 2016 | 5:36 PM IST

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