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Hence, the repechage rule has proved to be a blessing in disguise for Indian wrestling and it might well continue.įor more updates, follow Khel Now on Twitter, Instagram and join our community on Telegram.Here are your brackets as well as USA’s Wrestling’s Guide to the Games, which contains a media guide, weight-by-weight previews, a broadcast schedule, and more. Infact, this could be the fourth Olympic Games in a row.

The teenager will be aiming to continue India’s rich tradition of clinching medals via repechage rounds. If someone would have told Anshu Malik before the start of Tokyo 2020, that she will have two opportunities to claim an Olympic medal, she would have gladly accepted it. If she manages to do so, the young Indian will be up against 2021 European Championships bronze medalist Evelina Nikolova of Bulgaria. The 19-year-old will have to get past Rio 2016 silver-medalist Valeria Koblova of ROC in the first round repechage match. This means that Anshu Malik will be contesting for a medal via the repechage rounds. However, Kurachkina has gone on to reach the final of the women’s freestyle 57kg category. Anshu Malik lost her opening bout against reigning European champion Iryna Kurachkina of Belarus. Manpreet Singh dedicates the FIH Player of the Year Award to late father The trick to repeat in Tokyo 2020?Īt the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, India can once again win a medal in wrestling via the repechage rounds. In doing so, Malik became the first Indian female grappler to win an Olympic medal. She upstaged Mongolia’s Purevdorjiin Orkhon and later Asian champion Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan to win a historic bronze. As Koblova went on to reach the final, she revived her campaign. However, Malik lost her quarterfinal bout to Russia’s Valeria Koblova. Sakshi Malik continued the trend of Indian wrestlers claiming bronze via repechage at Rio 2016. She made a good start in the 58kg category. He then clinched the bronze medal bout against North Korea’s Ri Jong-Myong. The 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medalist overcame the odds to beat Puerto Rico’s Franklin Gomez and Iran’s Masoud Esmaeilpour in the initial repechage rounds. He also sustained an eye injury during the match, but was given a second chance after Kudukhov reached the final. Dutt, however, lost to four-time World Champion Russia’s Besik Kudukhov in the pre-quarters. He made a positive start as he defeated Bulgaria’s Anatolie Guidea in his first bout.

In the bronze medal clash, he upstaged Kazakhstan’s Leonid Spiridonov, to bring home the country’s second Olympic medal in wrestling.Īt London 2012, it was Yogeshwar Dutt in the men’s freestyle 60kg category, who earned bronze for India via the repechage. He picked up another victory to march on. Sushil won the contest to setup a clash versus Belarusian grappler Albert Batyrov. His first challenge in the repechage round was against American wrestler Doug Schwab. He lost the 66kg preliminary round to eventual silver medalist Andriy Stadnik. But, he was given a lifeline as the Ukrainian reached the final. Legendary Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar bagged his first Olympic medal in Beijing in 2008. Over the years, as many as three Indian wrestlers have benefitted from the repechage rule at the Olympic Games. How have Indians benefitted from the repechage rule?

Wrestlers could now get a second chance to fulfill their aim of winning an Olympic medal. This new rule benefitted several wrestlers. It culminated in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semi-final losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket. The competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.Įach wrestler who lost to one of the two finalists moved into the repechage round. The 2008 Beijing Olympics were the first major event to employ repechage. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) changed the rules in 2008 to introduce a knockout format for the wrestling competition. Sushil Kumar won his first Olympic medal in Beijing (photo credit-bloody elbow)