NEW DELHI, MARCH 12: Wrestlers from MTNL, Delhi dominated the bouts in freestyle category on the opening day of the 14th All India Telecom Wrestling Tournament at Talkatora Indoor Stadium here today.In the Plus 97 kg weight category, MTNL, Delhi's Sunil Kumar beat Panjka Ram of Himachal by points. In other weigh6t categories as well, MTNL matmen proved superior to their opponents.
The meet was inaugurated by S Rajagopalan, CMD, MTNL.
Results: Freestyle: 54 kg: Group A: Rakesh (J-K) bt AP Seth (Guj) by fall. Group B: Ashok Kumar (MTNL, Delhi) bt Vithal Gaikwar (MP) by fall; Group C: Chandrappa (Karnataka) bt Babu Lal Jat (Raj), Kalyandi Chandumal (Ori) bt Subhash Chand (Punjab) by fall. 58 kg: Hera Lal Kihwal (MP) bt G H Birhma (Gujarat), G M Naik (Karnataka) bt Kana Ram (Gujarat) by fall, Vijender Kumar (MTNL, Delhi) bt T J Bably (Mah), Krishmurari Lal (UP) bt S Srinivas (AP). 63 kg: Manu Ram (UP) bt Charan Lal (MP), Shivraj Shinde (Mah) bt Puran Chand Bora (Ori), B P Chandolkar (Kar) bt Darshan Kumar (J-K), S Heera Lal (AP) bt Onkar Singh (HP), Ashok Kumar (Punjab) bt Madan Lal (MTNL) by fall. 69 kg: Shyam Sundar (MTNL, Delhi) bt Babu Lal (MP) by fall, A G Mantrogi (Kar) bt Kana Thaka (HP) by fall, R L Hargule (Mah) bt Tilak Raj (J-K), Suber Mohd (Raj) bt Randhir Singh Yadav (Bihar) by fall. 76 kg: Rajesh Kumar (MTNL, Delhi) bt B Laxmia (AP) by fall, Kesho Rokrea (Mah) bt Bachu Ram (MP), V D Dalbee (Kar) bt Bhagat Prasad (J-K).85 kg: G Rajappa (Kar) bt K Yudish (AP), Ramesh Pawar (MP) bt Chanderkant (Mah), Hanuman Singh (Raj) bt B K Sharma (Punjab), Surinder Kumar (MTNL, Delhi) bt D D Pandey (UP). 97 kg: Yogesh Tomar (Punjab) bt Dwarka Prasad (MP) by fall, Kamlesh (MTNL, Delhi) bt Sat Narain (AP), Lalan Yadav (UP) bt D S Dhora (Mah). +97 kg: Sunil Kumar (MTNL, Delhi) bt Panjka Ram (HP), Bansi Lal (J-K) bt Rakesh Mehra (MP).
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