Wrestler Narsingh Yadav exits nationals in blaze of drama
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Rohit Mundayur ( IANS)
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Sat, Jan 23 2021 22:42 IST
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Noida, Jan 23 : Narsingh Yadav's day at the freestyle Wrestling National Championship started with him beaming on stage at the Noida Stadium as he was felicitated by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). It ended dramatically with him fuming and distraught after he was beaten by Amit Dhankar in a thrilling 74kg quarter-final bout.
Yadav led 2-1 until the very last second of a bout in which both wrestlers took a defensive approach. Dhankar, however, managed to snatch two points via exposure, when a wrestler puts his opponent on his back, just as the clock ticked down to zero. It was followed by a lengthy review process with Yadav's camp claiming that the exposure came after time was up. After the big screen gave a rather blurry image of the time and score on the television screens beside the mat, the officials switched to watching the replay from the television itself.