Wrestler Sushil Kumar on Sunday created history by
becoming the first Indian to win back-to-back Olympic medals but the coveted
gold medal eluded him as he lost the men's freestyle 66 kg category final to
his Japanese opponent rather tamely at the ExCel Arena.
The 29-year-old Sushil found the Japanese Tatsuhiro
Yonemitsu, a tough opponent as he carved out a 3-1 victory to shatter the his
hopes of winning a gold medal.
With the addition of Sushil's silver medal, India
completed their engagements in the 30th edition of the Olympics with a record
haul of six medals -- two silver and four bronze -- but the gold medal could
not be won by any one.
In Beijing, India had won one gold and two bronze
medals.
Sushil, who was cheered by the flag-waving Indian
spectators, was down with dehydration when he took the mat for the final and
that had a bearing on his performance.
"I had a stomach problem just after the
semi-final, because of the dehydration. I lost weight and was feeling a little
weak. But we have got a silver medal and we will try for gold medal in the next
Olympics," Sushil said after the medal ceremony.
Keywords – wrestler sushil kumar won silver in
Olympics 2012, He said he will try for gold medal in the next Olympics.
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