Spectators witness 38 intense bouts on Day-1

Mysuru: Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar inaugurated this year’s Dasara Wrestling Tournament to be held till Oct. 17 at D. Devaraj Urs Multipurpose Stadium located at the Dasara Exhibition Grounds here yesterday.

Earlier, CM Shivakumar, along with Pailwans Kempegowda, Chokkamurthy, Ittigegud Madhu, Ravi Bannur and others, performed ‘Matti puja.’

Following the puja, the CM watched the wrestling bout between Pailwan Shrimanth Bhosale Ichalkaranji (Maharashtra) &  Pailwan Kamesh Patil (Belagavi).

Former Corporator and Dasara Wrestling Sub-Committee President Pailwan Srinivas and Pailwan Ittigegud Mahesh officiated the first bout.

Day-1 of the wrestling tournament witnessed a total of 45 bouts out of which 31 ended in draw. The bout between Pailwan Srimanth Bhosale and Pailwan Kamesh Patil was the most intense with both wrestlers fighting for supremacy. The bout, which went on for more than an hour, ended with Srimanth Bhosale emerging victorious.

District Minister Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah, Animal Husbandry and Sericulture Minister C. Puttarangashetty, MLAs Anil Chikkamadu & K. Harishgowda, Karnataka Exhibition Authority Chairman Ayub Khan, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Development Corporation Limited Chairman R. Narendra, Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy, Dasara Wrestling Sub-Committee Deputy Special Officer L. Nagesh, Working President M. Dharmendra, Secretary Narasimhamurthy and others were present.

Audience miffed over delay

The inaugural day of Dasara Wrestling Tournament saw audience expressing their displeasure over the delay. The tournament, which was scheduled to be inaugurated at 4 pm, pushed to 6.45 pm disappointing the spectators who had assembled at the venue much earlier.

The spectators, who were enthusiastic to watch the bouts, were seen asking the organisers to start the wrestling matches first and later conduct the inaugural event on arrival of the Chief Minister.

They were also heard saying while last year the bouts had begun before the inauguration why there was delay in conducting the match this year. Some of them even tore the pamphlets with information about the bouts to express their disappointment.

Results (only wins)

Pailwan Shrimanth Bhosale Ichalkaranji (Maharashtra) beat Pailwan Kamesh (Belagavi); Pailwan Sinchana Nayak (Rammanahalli) beat Seemksha (Belagavi); Pailwan Prashanth Nayak (Mysuru) beat Pailwan Devaraj (Kanakapura); Pailwan M. Pradeep (Udbur) beat Pailwan Sufiyaan (Bengaluru); Pailwan Nandan (Damarahalli) beat Pailwan Soori (Medarageri); Pailwan Vivek (Rammnahalli) walkover against Pailwan Rafiq (Chamundi Vihar Stadium); Pailwan Abhi Appu (Mysuru) walkover against Pailwan Vikas (Veeranagere); Pailwan Bhuvan Chandra (Ittigegud) walkover against Pailwan Sohaib Baigh (Kesare); Pailwan Kiran (Goluru) walkover against Gokul (Malavalli); Pailwan Chirastya (Mellahalli) walkover against Pailwan Ramu (Kalaiana Garadi); Pailwan Siddharth Nayak (Mysuru) beat Pailwan Thanush (Bengaluru); Pailwan Arjun (Aralukuppe) beat Pailwan Chandrashekar (Bannur); Pailwan Jayanth (Kalisiddanahundi) walkover against Pailwan Raghu (Mahadevapura).