Sushil Kumar, after winning the gold medal in men’s freestyle 74kg wrestling at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday. Photo: PTIGold Coast, Australia: Watching Sushil Kumar on the podium to receive his third Commonwealth Games gold here at the Carrara Stadium, there was a strong feeling that this may well have been his swansong. Sushil won three (against Jevon Balfour, Muhammad Butt and the final against Botha) by technical superiority and one by a fall (against Evans Connor in the semi-finals). He has one World Championships gold, three Commonwealth Games golds, five Commonwealth Championships golds and one Asian Championships gold, but the crown jewels have to be the Olympic silver (2012) and Olympic bronze (2008). Four years later he won gold at Glasgow but opted out of the Asiad saying he wanted to prepare for the 2016 Olympics.

Source: Mint April 12, 2018 21:11 UTC