Mangal Kadyan had very strong performances during the 50 KG championship bouts. He beat Chan Jun Park (South Korea) with a score of 8-0, he beat Song Hyon (North Korea) with a score of 10-2, he beat Shavkator Mukhmudjon (Uzbekistan) with a score of 9-1. In the final bout he beat Mostafa Yaghoubizeleti (Iran) with a score of 8-0.
Besides the gold medal, India won 1 silver, and 7 bronze medals in this tournament.
1 Silver (Boys) - Mehar Singh
4 Bronze (Boys) - Nitin, Prabhpal Singh, Parveen Dagar, Santosh Kumar Yadav.
3 Bronze (Girls) - Sheetal Tomar, Divyanshi Tyagi, Seema.
The country won a gold and a silver (in wrestling) at the 2012 London Olympics, and the sport has picked up popularity in India over the years. With India's wrestling history it seems only natural for India to be successful in the sport of wrestling. The wrestling fans from India are very excited about its chances with winning more wrestling medals at the 2016 Rio Olympic games.
At the beginning of the year the International Olympic Committee decided to drop wrestling from the 2020 Olympics. It was a devastating blow for all the wrestlers and fans around the world, it was a scary decision from India's point of view because it would derail the momentum Indian wrestling has picked up over the last decade. The good news is that there is significant outrage around the world and there is a large lobby from the wrestling powers of the world which includes US, Russia, Iran and etc. The consensus is that the IOC will add wrestling back into the list by the time 2020 comes along.
All the aspiring wrestlers shouldn't be worried, it would be prudent to stay confident that the IOC will add back wrestling into the 2020 Olympics because the Olympics will not be complete with out wrestling. I for one will boycott watching the Olympics if they exclude wrestling. What will they do next? Exclude the running and walking events from the Olympics?
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