Mysuru: B. Chethan of TTL Independent PU College has secured 1st place in under 60 KG category at the Mysuru City Inter-Collegiate Wrestling Competition (2018 -19) conducted at Gymnasium Hall, University of Mysore, Mysuru, recently. The following students of TTL College of Business Management, Saraswathipuram, have also secured prizes in the Wrestling competition: M. Mahendra…
Commonwealth Games – 2018: Wrestlers Sushil Kumar, Rahul Aware win Goldsgetting
April 12, 2018Veteran Indian star Sushil Kumar won gold in the men’s 74 kilogram category in the wrestling competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) today. Sushil overpowered Johannes Botha of South Africa by technical superiority in the final. Another Indian wrestler Rahul Aware also won gold in the men’s 57 kilogram category by defeating Steven Takahashi…
25 pairs participate in National Wrestling Tournament in city
March 5, 2018The National-level Wrestling Tournament, organised by K.R. Mohankumar Mithra Balaga at D. Devaraja Urs Multi-purpose Stadium in city yesterday, saw 25 pairs of wrestlers participating in the event. The Mar-Pit (fight till the finish) bout between Dheeraj Pawar of Kolhapur and Rohil Kumar of Ladpur created curiosity among the spectators going by the rage and…
National Traditional Wrestling Tournament in city on Mar.4
February 28, 2018About 25 pairs of wrestlers from across the country including international-level wrestlers will fight it out at the National-level Traditional Wrestling Tournament, organised by K.R. Mohan Kumar Mithra Balaga, at D. Devaraj Urs Multipurpose Stadium, adjacent to Dasara Exhibition Grounds in city, on Mar.4 from 3 pm onwards. The Tournament will be inaugurated by former…
City’s Shivani for Sub-Junior Wrestling Championship
February 18, 2018Shivani, a 8th standard student of Excel Public School, Mysuru, has been selected to represent Karnataka State in the 21st Sub-Junior National Girls Wrestling Championships-2018 to be held at Pune from Mar.12 to 16. Shivani will take part in the girls Freestyle 57kg category. She is being coached by L. Manjappa, retd. SAI and UoM…
Selected for National Junior Wrestling
February 11, 2018M.A. Akshay Kumar has been selected for the 37th National Junior Wrestling Championship-2018 to be held at Jaipur in Rajasthan from Feb.22 to 25. Son of Pailwan M.S. Arvind, Akshay is being trained under SAI wrestling coach L. Manjappa.
Wrestling trials on Jan.24
January 23, 2018The selections trials for the 37th boys Freestyle, Greco Roman and Girls Junior National Wrestling Championship to be held in Jaipur from Feb.22 to 25, will be held in Bengaluru on Jan.24. The trials will take place at Koramangala Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru, by Karnataka Wrestling Association. For details, call N.R. Narasimha on 98441-23303 or S.N….
SGFI National U-18 Wrestling: City’s Rakesh wins silver
January 9, 2018Rakesh Chakravarthi, representing Karnataka in the SGFI’s U-18 National Wrestling Championships at Delhi, won the silver medal in the U-18 boys, 97 kg weight category. He is the son of Shankar Chakravarthi (CAR Police HQ, Mysuru) and J. Latha. He is a 2nd PUC student of Marimallappa’s College, Mysuru. Rakesh trains under the guidance of…
Wins wrestling tournament
December 10, 2017Mohammed Akmal Pasha won the title in the wrestling tournament organised by Meelad Sports and Welfare Council, in city recently. Picture shows Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait handing over the winner’s trophy and certificate to Akmal Pasha.
Mysore Varsity Wrestling Team
November 4, 2017The University of Mysore men’s (Greeco Roman style) and women’s (Free-style) wrestling team which will be taking part in the All-India Inter-University Wrestling Championships to be held at the Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana from Nov. 4-6. Seen in the picture are (standing from left) H.S. Shivaraj, Syed Umar, J. Jyothi, K.M. Pallavi, N.L. Keshavathi,…
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