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Wrestler Sushil Kumar wins bronze at Beijing Olympics 2008 for India

Wrestler Sushil Kumar claimed India's second medal at the Beijing Olympics when he won the bronze in the 66kg Freestyle event on Wednesday. Kumar beat Kazakhstan's Leonid Spiridonov 3:1, with scores of 2-1, 0-1, 1-0 in the three rounds.





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Wrestler Sushil Kumar wins bronze at Beijing Olympics 2008
posted by  chandigarhpulse1(0)   3 months ago

Wrestler Sushil Kumar claimed India's second medal at the Beijing Olympics when he won the bronze in the 66kg Freestyle event on Wednesday.Kumar beat Kazakhstan's Leonid Spiridonov 3:1, with scores of 2-1, 0-1, 1-0 in the three rounds.Spiridonov had finished fourth in the 66kg weight class in Athens, while Kumar took 14th place.This is the first time since 1952 Helsinki Olympics that India has won two medals in a single Olympics.Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav was the last Indian wrestler to win a medal, when he won bronze in 1952.

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