Rio Olympics 2016: Hardeep Singh loses to Turkey's Ildem Cenk in Greco-Roman Wrestling
India's Greco Roman wrestler Hardeep Singh lost his opening round bout in the 98 kg category by technical points to Turkey's Ildem Cenk at the Rio Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.
Rio de Janeiro: India's Greco Roman wrestler Hardeep Singh lost his opening round bout in the 98 kg category by technical points to Turkey's Ildem Cenk at the Rio Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.
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The Turkish wrestler won the bout 2-1 despite a stiff resistance from the 25-year-old Indian. Hardeep will still have a chance in the repechage if Cenk makes it to the final.
The opening round was fought well by Hardeep and he, in fact, was given an advantage by the referee due to passive fighting from the Turk.
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While Hardeep pinned his rival to the ground, he failed to do the required flip which would have earned him technical points.
To his horror, in the very next round, it was the Turk's turn to get an advantage and he did the flip effectively to get the required two points.
In the final round, Hardeep did pull a point back but it wasn't enough and the 20-year-old opponent came up trumps.
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