Services’ Manjeet (in blue) grabs L. Sayon of Manipur within the 55kg Greco Roman gold medal bout within the National wrestling championships at Port Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Thursday, Dec 22, 2022.
| Photo Credit: Ok.R. DEEPAK
It was a better-late-than-never second for 30-year-old Manjeet, who overcame a stiff problem from fellow Armyman L. Sayon, representing Manipur, to win his maiden title in 55kg Greco Roman class within the National wrestling championships on the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Thursday.
Manjeet, from Jhajjar in Haryana, secured a 5-Zero lead within the first interval of the ultimate and employed his robust defensive expertise to keep up his lead and safe a dream outing.
“Injuries affected my career. I had a few National medals before, but this is my first gold,” mentioned a proud Manjeet.
Gyanender Gyani, a 2019 Asian bronze medallist, rallied to beat Vikram 3-1 and retain the 60kg title.
“I have won several medals but I am struggling due to the lack of sponsorship despite being in an Olympic weight,” mentioned Gyanender.
The medallists: Greco Roman: 55kg: 1. Manjeet (SSCB), 2. L. Sayon (Man), 3. Rohit Yadav (RSPB) & Rupin (Har); 60kg: 1. Gyanender Gyani (SSCB), 2. Vikram (Mah), 3. Saurabh (U.P.) & Sumit (Chd); 63kg: 1. Sagar (SSCB), 2. Nitin (RSPB), 3. Sandeep (Har) and Umesh (Del); 67kg: 1. Karanjit (Pun), 2. Sandeep (Kar), 3. Deepak (Del) & Vinayak (Mah); 72kg: 1. Ankit Gulia (SSCB), 2. Anuj (Del), 3. Vikas (RSPB) & Sameer (Mah); 77kg: 1. Sajan Bhanwala, 2. Deepak (SSCB), 3. Chhagan Meena (Raj) & Karan (Del); 82kg: 1. Rohit Dahiya (RSPB), 2. Sandeep (SSCB), 3. Rahul (Raj) & Neeraj (Del); 87kg: 1. Sunil Kumar (RSPB), 2. Sushant (SSCB), 3. Dhareppa (Kar) & Sunny (Del); 97kg: 1. Ravi (RSPB), 2. Narender Cheema (Pun), 3. Shailesh (Mah) & Sonu (SSCB); 130kg: 1. Naveen (SSCB), 2. Parvesh (Har), 3. Tushar (Mah) & Sahil (Chd).
Women: 50kg: 1. Shivanee Pawar (M.P.), 2. Nirmala Devi (Har), 3. Neha (Mah) & Neelam (U.P.); 55kg: 1. Anuj (RSPB), 2. Aarati (Har), 3. Manshi Yadav (U.P.) & Manpreet Kaur (Pun).
