Budapest: Indian Wrestler Amit Kumar, 55 Kg. Free Style, bagged silver medal for India in the 2013 Senior World Wrestling Championship being held at Budapest, Hungary, on Monday.
In the first round he got a bye. In the second round, he defeated Japanese Wrestler Yasuhiro Inaba by 10-2 points. Thereafter, he defeated Frances Wrestler Zoheir Elo Arraque by 8-0 points and qualified for the quarter-final.
In the quarter final round, he defeated USA Wrestler Agelo Alesmo Escobedo by 6-0 points and qualified for semi-final. Again in the semi-final round, he defeated Turkish Wrestler Sezar Akgul by 8-0 points to qualify for the final. Unfortunately, in the final, he lost the bout by Iranian wrestler Rahimi Hassan Farma by 1-2 points and won silver medal in 55 Kg. of Free Style.
The other two wrestlers, including Arun, 66 Kg. Free Style & Satyavart Kadayan, 96 Kg. Free Style lost their bout and could not qualify for the bronze medal bout.
The competition will be held till September 22. The competition in 60 Kg., 74 Kg., 84 Kg. weight categories of Free Style will be held on Tuesday.
