Service Sports Control Board shines with six golds on Day 2 of Senior National Wrestling Championship

Present at the occasion to encourage some of the nation’s premier grapplers were, Yemen’s Abdulah Der Hem (United Word Wrestling), Sanjay Singh, President, Wrestling Federation of India, Bellippady Gunaranjan Shetty, President of the Karnataka Wrestling Association (KWA) and Joint Secretary of the Wrestling Federation of India.

Khel Today Bureau

Bengaluru: The Services Sports Control Board dominated the proceedings on the second day of the Senior National Wrestling Championships 2024 as they pocketed a whopping six gold medals in the men’s Greco-Roman divisions at the Koramangala Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.

On the second day of the championship, bouts were held across all 10 weight categories in the Greco Roman Style, along with 2 weight categories in Women’s Wrestling. The competition showcased remarkable skill, determination, and sportsmanship from the participating athletes.

Also present at the occasion to encourage some of the nation’s premier grapplers were, Yemen’s Abdulah Der Hem (United Word Wrestling), Sanjay Singh, President, Wrestling Federation of India, Bellippady Gunaranjan Shetty, President of the Karnataka Wrestling Association (KWA) and Joint Secretary of the Wrestling Federation of India.

While Haryana led the rankings after the men’s freestyle events on Friday, it was SSCB’s turn to rule the roost today as Lalit (55kg), Pravesh (60kg), Vinayak S (67kg), Ankit Gulia (72kg), Karan (77kg) and Sonu (97kg) all reigned supreme in their weight categories.
Lalit led the celebrations as he defeated Chandigarh’s Manu Yadav to win (via injury) the men’s 55kg category, while Pravesh got a walkover in the 60kg final and Vinayak followed that up with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Haryana’s Anil in the 67kg final. Amit put up a commanding display against Jharkhand’s Amit Kumar to grab gold in the 77kg final via Technical Superiority.
Haryana added two golds to their tally after Aman reigned supreme in the 82kg, while Sunil got the better of seventh-seeded Delhi’s Dinesh Dhand for the 87kg title. Sonu wrapped up a stunningly successful evening for SSCB with a smooth win over Delhi’s Naman as they ended the day on the high of their sixth gold medal.
Elsewhere in the women’s section, Shivani Pawar of Madhya Pradesh earned a comprehensive 12-4 victory against Haryana’s Vinita for the 50kg gold and Haryana’s Priyanka bagged the second gold medal on offer in the women’s division as she outfoxed Uttar Pradesh’s Laxmi Pandey to claim the top prize. Haryana, by virtue of a gold and bronze to their name, leads the women’s standings with 45 points as things stand.

The bouts in the remaining 8 weight categories of Women’s Wrestling are scheduled to take place on Sunday promising another day of exciting action.

Results for today’s competition are updated below:

Greco Roman Style Wrestling

*55 Kg.*
Gold. Lalit – SSCBS
Silver Manu Yadav- CHG
Bronze Neeraj Patel – MP
Bronze Nitin – HAR

*60 Kg.*
Gold Pravesh – SSCB
Silver Sagar – PUB
Bronze Saurabh – UP
Bronze Udit Patel – MP

*63 Kg.*
Gold Umesh – DEL
Silver Vijay – SSCB
Bronze Parth – MAH
Bronze Sunny – HAR

*67 Kg.*
Gold Vinayak – SSCB
Silver Anil – HAR
Bronze Ankit – Delhi
Bronze Amit Kumar – RAJ

*72 Kg.*
Gold Ankit – SSCB
Silver Aakash – HAR
Bronze Deepak – DEL
Bronze Gaurav – UP

*77 Kg.*
Gold Karan – SSC
Silver Amit Kumar – JHKD
Bronze Sagar – DEL
Bronze Aurangzeb – MP

*82 Kg.*
Gold Aman – HAR
Silver Rahul – SSCB
Bronze Bhagwant – UP
Bronze Karan – PUB

*87 Kg.*
Gold Sunil Kumar – HAR
Silver Dinesh – DEL
Bronze Rajesh – RAJ
Bronze Sushanth – SSCB

*97 Kg.*
Gold Sonu – SSCB
Silver Naman – DEL
Bronze Abhimanu – PUB
Bronze Netaram – RAJ

*130 Kg.*
Gold Uttam Rana – UP
Silver Digvijay – MAH
Bronze Jagdeep – PUB
Bronze Prem – SSCB

*Women Wrestling*

*50 Kg.*
Gold Shivani – MP
Silver Vinita – HAR
Bronze Nandini – MAH
Bronze Preeti – PUB

*72 Kg.*
Gold Priyanka – HAR
Silver Laxmi – UP
Bronze Kritika – HP
Bronze Bipasha- DEL

*Greco Roman Style Team Ranking*

1st Position SSCB 220 Points
2nd Position Haryana 146 Points
3rd Position Delhi 132 Points.