Akshay, left, on approach to the gold 57kg freestyle gold.
| Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA
Young wrestler Akshay Dhere rallied to report a sensible victory in the 57kg final towards Parmod Kumar and win his maiden elite title in the Federation Cup on the Maharaja Vibhuti Narain Indoor Stadium right here on Wednesday.
Dhere, a National junior bronze medallist in 2022, pinned Parmod to nook glory in one of many few thrilling freestyle contests in an in any other case lacklustre day.
Parmod grabbed an early 4-Zero lead, however Dhere labored patiently to break his opponent’s resistance to make it 4-4 in the primary interval. A swift double-leg assault and leg lace put 21-year-old Armyman from Kolhapur forward at 8-4. He carried on the momentum to carry out one other takedown and ultimately pin Parmod with two minutes left.
In one other neck-and-neck battle, National silver medallist Sahil Kundu (61kg) recovered from a 2-Four deficit to beat Amit 17-7 in a excessive scoring final bout.
Meanwhile, seven of the eight candidates in fray received the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Athletes Commission elections.
They had been Sahil, Smitha A.S., Bharti Baghel, Narsingh Yadav, Kushboo Pawar, Nikki and Sweta Dubey. Narsingh was elected chairman of the athletes’ fee.
The medallists, males’s freestyle:
57kg: 1. Akshay Dhere (Mah), 2. Parmod Kumar (Chd), 3. Rohit (Har), Janardhan Yadav (UP); 61kg: 1. Sahil Kundu (Har), 2. Amit (Del), 3. Lalit Kaushal (MP), Manoj (Raj); 65kg: 1. Atul (Har), 2. Manish Goswami (Del), 3. Deepanshu (Chd), Sonba Gongane (Mah); 70kg: 1. Shubham (UP), 2. Mahesh Langoti (Kar), 3. Pankaj Kumar (Del), Rohit Prajapati (MP); 74kg: 1. Sunny (Del), 2. Tejveer (UP), 3. Rohan Narayan Ghevodi (Kar), Naveen (Har); 79kg: 1. Sahil Dalal (Har), 2. Mandeep (Raj), 3. Akshay (Mah), Sadashiv Nalavade (Kar); 86kg: 1. Ashish (Del), 2. Gopal Koli (Kar), 3. Partham Dalal (Har), Vijenderpal Singh (Chg); 92kg: 1. Amit Singh (Del), 2. Vishal Kumar (UP), 3. Vijay (Har), Ajay (HP); 97kg: 1. Omkar Chaugule (Mah), 2. Hari (Chd), 3. Aman (Har), Basavaraj Patil (Kar); 125kg: 1. Lakshay (Del), 2. Gurbaj Singh (Pun), 3. Sachin Panwar (Chd), Saket Yadav (Mah).