No matchOn any other day, Mandakhnaran could have been an easy meat for the world championship gold medallist Dutt. In the first round itself, Dutt was given a 'passive warning' by the referee for not making any move. Dutt's troubles mushroomed when Mandakhnaran made a successful tackle to grab another point before pushing him to the side of the mat for the final one. Similarly, Amit Dhankar (2013 Asian wrestling champion and twice Commonwealth wrestling champion) could well have been given a chance if Dutt was not "match fit". But then how could WFI, like any other sports federation in India, have allowed that to happen without its share of politicking!

Source: dna August 22, 2016 02:26 UTC