Narsingh Pancham Yadav on 13th September 2015 secured an Olympic quota place for India after bagging a bronze medal in the Men’s 74kg Freestyle category. With this win, Narsingh became the only Indian to win a medal at the prestigious tournament as well as book a berth for the 2016 Rio Games.
Due to the Double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar’s absence from the mat for over an year now has made Narsingh a regular in the 74kg division. It will now be interesting to see who between the veteran Sushil or 26-year-old Narsingh ultimately board the flight to Rio next year to represent India in this category.
Narsingh defeated Hanoc Rachamin of Israel 14-2 before getting the better of Soner Demirtas of Turkey 4-3 and Cuba’s Livan Lopez Azcuy 16-5 to advance to the semifinal.
About Narsingh Pancham Yadav:
- He is an Indian wrestler.
- At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he won a gold in the Men’s freestyle 74 kg wrestling.
- He started training at the age of 13.
About Rio Olympics 2016
- It is 31st Summer Olympic Games.
- It is held every 4 year.
- It will be held in Rio de Janerio Brazil.
- Rio will become the first South American city to host the Summer Olympics, the second city in Latin America to host the event after Mexico City in 1968, and the first since 2000 to be held in the Southern Hemisphere.
- The games will take place from 5 to 21 August 2016.
- Motto: Live your Passion.
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