London: India's male wrestlers started their Olympic campaign on a disappointing note with both Amit Kumar and Narsingh Pancham Yadav crashing out of their respective weight categories in freestyle wrestling at the ExCel Arena here Friday. The 18-year-old Amit Kumar, the youngest ever Indian wrestler in Olympics, raised hopes of a bronze medal as he moved into Repechage 2. But he lost 0-3 to Bulgarian Radoslav Marinov Velikov, a Beijing Games bronze medallist, failing to qualify for the 55kg category's bronze medal match.
His compatriot Narsingh Yadav also bowed out, losing his first round bout in the men's 74kg event.
In Image: Bulgaria's Radoslav Marinov Velikov, in red, competes against India's Amit Kumar, in blue, during a 55-kg men's freestyle wrestling competition
Text: IANS
Images: AP
