Dasara Traditional Wrestling Competition: Pailwan Yeshwanth Kalinga emerges winner

The traditional wrestling competition being organised by Dasara Wrestling Sub-Committee has been witnessing some tough fights between wrestlers who have descended at the Devaraja Multipurpose Stadium located in Dasara Exhibition Grounds.

The spectators, yesterday, were witness to one such match between Pailwan Yeshwanth Kalinga of Bhoothappana Garadi and Pailwan Devidas Godke of Kollapur. The match went on for 47-minutes-and-19-seconds during which Yeshwanth emerged victorious.

Results of Traditional

Wrestling

Yeshwanth Kalinga (Bhoothappana Garadi) beat Devidas Ghodke (Kollapur); Shivaraju (Nanjangud) beat Kencha (Rammanahalli); Nandan (Kumbarakoppal) beat Amar (Hullahalli), Charanraj (Nanjangud) beat Nanjesh Gowda (Bannur); Chandan (Mitai Annaiahna Garadi) beat Sumanth (Chamundi Vihar Stadium); Yogesh (Mellahalli) beat  Madhu (Nanjangud); Gavi Rangappa (Kesare) beat Harish (Chamundi Vihar Stadium); Chowdappa (Ramnahalli) beat Praveen (Nanjangud); K. Sachin (Veeranagere) beat M. Vijay (Nanjangud) and Raghu (Lakshmipura) beat Deepak (Belagola).

The following bouts ended in draw: Manu (Rammanahalli) Vs Hemanth (Kumbarakoppal); Ningaraju (Gannahalli) Vs Mahadeva Nayaka (Hullahalli); Ravichandra (Ganjam) Vs Raju (Hanchya); Vikas (Veeranagere) Vs Mohammed Afsad (Mysuru); Satish (Kalale) Vs Rakshith (T.K. Layout); Bhuvan Nayak (Nagarle) Vs Vijaykumar (Kalale); Yeshwanth (Bhoothappana Garadi)                              Vs Cheluvaraju (Kunthanahalli); Shivakumar (Palahalli) Vs C.D. Manikanta (Vinayakanagar), Suryaprakash (Tumakuru) Vs Kishore Kumar (Ashokapuram); Kiran (Goluru) Vs Praveen Arya (Mellahalli); Cheluvaraju (Rammanahalli) Vs Karthik (Kaythanahalli); Dharma (Kadakola) Vs Siddaraju (Gundlupet); Madhu (Mahadevapura) Vs Shashank (Hunsur); Prasanna (Kalasiddanahundi) Vs Raghunandan                                       (Bastipura).

Following were declared winners as their opponents did not turn out: Mahadevaswamy (Kalale), Arun (Kadakola), Manjunath (Saraswathi Colony), Sahil (Mysuru) and Mahadeva (Malavalli).

Winners of 3rd Mysuru Division

Men’s Freestyle Wrestling

-57 kg: 1. Nagaraju (Mangaluru), 2. Tejas (Mandya), 3. M.S. Siddaraju and Chandru (Mysuru); -61 kg: 1. O.K. Ravi (Managaluru), 2. Ravichandra (Mysuru), 3. B.V. Ravi (Mandya) and Gagan Shetty (Mangaluru); -65 kg: M.D. Saubhan Khan (Mysuru), 2. C.S. Niranjan (Mysuru), 3. Rama (Mandya) and J. Supreeth (Mangaluru); -70 kg: 1. S. Santosh (Mandya). 2. Faizal Khan (Mysuru), 3. M. Rachappa (Mysuru) and Mohammed Omar (Mysuru); -74 kg: 1. K. Raghavendra (Mysuru), 2. J. Varun (Mysuru), 3. H.K. Sujendra (Mandya) and K.N. Raghu (Mandya), -79 kg: 1 Dixit Kumar (Mysuru), 2. Nataraj (Mangaluru), 3. Tejas (Mandya); -86 kg: Chethan Gowda (Mysuru), 2. V. Manjunath (Mandya), 3. Hemanth (Mysuru); -92 kg: 1. Syed Jamil Ahmed (Mysuru), 2. Chandan Kumar; -97 kg: 1. Nagesh (Mandya) and 2. Shivanna (Mysuru); 97 kg – 125 kg: R. Yashwanth (Mysuru), 2. M.A. Akshay Kumar (Mysuru) and Girish Lankrennavar.