India’s Greco Roman wrestlers miss out on Olympic qualification

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Much was expected from Sunil Kumar but the country's top Greco Roman wrestler could not make the cut for the Tokyo Olympics after losing his semi-final at the Asian Qualifiers along with four other Indians, here on Friday.

Only the finalists will earn a place in the Tokyo Games from this event and five Indians lost in the Last 4 stage to miss the chance on the opening day of the competition.

Competing in the 87kg category, Asian champion Sunil began his campaign with a 7-0 win over Kyrgyzstan's Sukhrob Abdulkhaev but lost a tough semi-final 5-9 to local hope Nursultan Tursynov.

None of India's Greco Roman wrestlers have qualified for the 2020 Games as yet, but three free style wrestlers (men) - Bajrang Punia (65kg), Ravi Dahiya (57kg) and Deepak Punia (86kg) - have made the cut through the World Championship.

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