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DELHI THE HINDU
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SPORT
The absence of Chinese andNorth Korean wrestlers wasexpected to impact the quality of the women’s section atthe senior Asian Championships and India was the biggest benefi��ciary, winningthree gold medals and a silver on Thursday.
With Japan also sending alargely secondstring squad— barring former Worldchampion Mayu Mukaida —the Indians were favouritesfor medals. Barring the 50kg,the other four weight categories in action on the day hadseven or fewer competitors,forcing the organisers to conduct bouts in Nordic (roundrobin) format.
Emphatic winsAsian Games bronze medalist Divya Kakran was the fi��rstto ensure a gold in the 68kg,winning all four of her boutsin the morning session by
pinning her opponents.“I had to win by fall to get
fi��ve points from all my boutsbecause the Japanese waswinning all her bouts by bigmargins, so I took the riskeven though my coach toldme I didn’t have to.”
She admitted the absenceof China made a diff��erence.
“Yes, it did benefi��t but if youhave just fi��ve wrestlers, it becomes tough because youhave to fi��ght everyone andwin big,” she added.
In the evening session,Pinki (55kg) and Sarita (59kg)added to the gold tally butnot before being pushed bytheir Mongolian opponents.
While Pinki won 21 in alargely defensive bout thatsaw all three points beingscored through the opponent’s passivity, Sarita had todig deep in the fi��nal 15 seconds for a 32 victory.
“I already had a slight elbow injury and it got aggravated a bit in the morning so
I wanted to be cautious. Also,I am simply happy to win myfi��rst medal, that too gold, inthe competition,” Pinki said.
On her part, Sarita saidshe was confi��dent even whenBattsetseg Altantsetseg tooka crucial point with 21 seconds left to level 22, liftingher out for the winner.
Nirmala Devi won silverafter going down 23 to Japan’s Miho Igarashi in the50kg. “I tried my best butshe was very strong and alsohad very good defence. Ineed to work on my leg defence a lot more now aheadof the Olympic qualifi��ers,”she admitted.
Kiran was the only disappointment for the host onthe day, crashing out of themedal rounds in the 76kg after losing two of her threebouts in the morning.
The results: 50kg: 1. Miho Iga-rashi (Jpn), 2. Nirmala Devi(Ind), 3. Valentina Ivanova Isla-mova (Kaz) & Dauletbike Yakh-shimuratova (Uzb).
55kg: 1. Pinki (Ind), 2. DulguunBolormaa (Mgl), 3. MarinaZuyeva (Kaz); 59kg: 1. Sarita(Ind), 2. Battsetseg Altantset-seg (Mgl), 3. Madina Bakberge-nova (Kaz); 68kg: 1. Divya Kak-ran (Ind), 2. Naruha Matsuyuki(Jpn), 3. Delgermaa Enkhsaik-han (Mgl); 76kg: 1. Hiroe Mina-gawa Suzuki (Jpn), 2. Aiperi Me-det Kyzy (Kgz), 3. ElmiraSyzdykova (Kaz).
Indian women pin three gold medals in freestyle Divya, Pinki and Sarita triumph while Nirmala comes off�� secondbest
Taking advantage: Pinki cashed in on Dulguun Bolormaa’s passivity to emerge on top. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
ASIAN WRESTLING
Uthra Ganesan
NEW DELHI
Amandeep stays on top BENGALURU
Amandeep Drall remained in
the lead after another steady
round of golf on the second
day of the Hero Women’s Pro
Golf Tour (Leg 4). Amandeep
shot 1-over 71 at the BGC
here on Thursday to sign for a
two-day total of 140 and
lead Vani Kapoor by two
strokes. Oviya Reddi climbed
from tied eighth overnight to
tied third after shooting the
day’s best round of 68.Top scores: 140: AmandeepDrall (69, 71); 142: VaniKapoor (71, 71); 145: OviyaReddi (77, 68), AsmithaSathish (A) (73, 72); 147:Neha Tripathi (74, 73); 148:Khushi Khanijau (77, 71).
India’s A. Sharath Kamalentered the quarterfi��nalsof both men’s doubles andmixed doubles at the ITTFWorld Tour HungarianOpen on Thursday.
Sharath partnered Manika Batra to a marathon 118,911, 611, 119, 117 victoryover home hope AdamSzudi and Szandra Pergel.
Later, Sharath paired upwith G. Sathiyan to registeryet another hardfought116, 118, 811, 911, 119 winover Japan’s rising starsShunsuke Togami and Yukiya Uda in men’s doubles.
The results:
Prequarterfi��nals: Men: Doubles: A. Sharath Kamal & G.Sathiyan bt Shunsuke Togami& Yukiya Uda (Jpn) 11-6, 11-8,8-11, 9-11, 11-9; Hang Siu Lam& Nam Pak Ng (HK) bt Har-meet Desai & Manav Thakkar13-11, 11-8, 11-13, 6-11, 11-2.
Mixed Doubles: Sharath &Manika Batra bt Adam Szudi &Szandra Pergel (Hun) 11-8, 9-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7.
Good day forSharath Kamal
Press Trust of India
Budapest
HUNGARIAN OPEN
City sees off West HamMANCHESTER
Manchester City posted a 2-0
win over West Ham in the
Premier League on
Wednesday.The result: Manchester City 2(Rodri 30, De Bruyne 62) btWest Ham 0.
Gujrathi draws with Hari,stays in lead PRAGUE
Vidit Gujrathi played out a
draw with compatriot P.
Harikrishna in the seventh
round of the Prague Chess
Festival’s Masters category
here to maintain a one-point
lead over the field. With five
points, he is ahead of Russian
Nikita Vitiugov and Alireza
Firouzja.
The results (seventh round):P. Harikrishna 3 drew withVidit Gujrathi 5; David AntonGuijjaro (Esp) 3.5 drew withMarkus Ragger (Aut) 3; NikitaVitiugov (Rus) 3 drew withDavid Navara (Cze) 3; AlirezFirouzja (Iri) 4 bt Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Pol); SamShankland (USA) 3.5 bt NilsGrandelius (Swe) 2.5. PTI
HFC wallops NEUFC GUWAHATI
Hyderabad FC brought its ISL
season to a conclusion with a
thumping 5-1 win against
NorthEast United FC here on
Thursday.The result: NUEFC 1 (AndrewKeogh 35) lost to HyderabadFC 5 (Liston Colaclo 12, 41,Marcelinho 13, 88,Mohammed Yasir 55).
IN BRIEF
Some established names andrising stars will join the European Tour regulars when the56th edition of $1.75 millionHero Indian Open tees off�� atthe DLF Golf and CountryClub at Gurugram on March19.
Almost all the leading Indian names and a couple ofpast champions like S.S.P.Chawrasia (2016 and 2017),Anirban Lahiri (2015), JyotiRandhawa (2000, 2006 and2007) along with Shubhankar Sharma, Shiv Kapur, Gaganjeet Bhullar, RashidKhan, Udayan Mane and others will be part of the fi��eldthat has some tough overseas challengers.
Though the fi��nal list of entries is yet to be fi��nalised, defending champion StephenGallacher (Scotland), AndySullivan (England), Joost Luiten (Nederlands), ThomasBjorn (Denmark), Yuta Ikeda( Japan) besides some youngtalents like Justin Sub (US),Akshay Bhatia (US), NicolaiHojgaard (Denmark) andMathew Jordan (Great Britain) are part of the fi��eld.
The winner of the eventreceives $291,660 (approximately ₹��2.08 crore) while the70th fi��nisher takes home$3,200 (₹��2.29 lakh).
Speaking to The Hindu,Kapur said, “I’ve markedthree or four weeks to peakthis season. Indian Openweek is among them. I’m
playing three weeks leadingup to it — New Zealand nextweek, then Malaysia andThailand — working my wayback, planned it in such away that travelling gets reduced. Playing in Dubai hashelped me prepare for challenges that courses like theDLF sort of presents — withsloppy, fast greens.”
Mane, winner of threesuccessive titles on the domestic PGTI Tour recently,could well follow RashidKhan to the Tokyo Olympicsthis year. He said, “Indiangolfers do not have any great“home advantage” of playingat the DLF course. It is amodern course and manyplayers in both continentshave adjusted to the chal
lenges such courses off��er. Wedo have the crowd backingus. But over all, it is a fair testfor everyone.
“I am looking to make mygame better. I am just looking to improve and sharpenmy sword for, when ever theday comes of me winning,that’s the ultimate goal oflearning more about myswing, my game, polish andrepolish my skills. I am going to come three days before Indian Open and get myself as acclimatised to theweather and the golf course.”
Shubhankar said, “I’vehad a few good results recently but I really want to dowell here. DLF was once myhome course and it will begreat to do well there.”
Chawrasia, Lahiri among strong homegrown golfers for India Open RAKESH RAO
NEW DELHI
The prize: Shubhankar Sharma, Udayan Mane and Shiv Kapurpose with the Hero Indian Open trophy on Thursday.
* SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
Tottenham needs anotherChampions League escapeact to reach the quarterfi��nals after Timo Werner’spenalty earned RB Leipziga deserved 10 last 16, fi��rstleg win in London.
Spurs captain Hugo Lloris kept his side in the tiewith a string of importantsaves, but last season’s fi��nalist faces a huge task toturn the tie around in Germany on March 10.
The results: Atalanta 4 (Hate-boer 16, 62, Ilicic 42, Freuler57) bt Valencia 1 (Cheryshev66); Tottenham Hotspur 0lost to RB Leipzig 1 (Werner58-pen).
Leipzig beatsTottenham
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London