<p>Mausam Khatri (men's 96kg), however, despite suffering a 1-3 defeat at the hands of Kazakhstan's Taimuraz Tigiyev, can still win a bronze medal if he overcomes Syria's Alkarrad Raja and two others in repechage, at the Huagong Gymnasium.<br /><br />The script was no different for Tomar (men's 120kg) as he lost to Kyrgyzstan's Aiaal Lazarev by an identical margin.<br /><br />Lazarev was up 6-3 on technical points after the first period and added six more in the second to complete a total rout. Unlike Khatri, Tomar failed to earn a single technical point.<br /><br />After an easy win over the Indian, Lazarev met his match in Uzbekistan's Artur Taymazov in the quarter-finals. The Kyrgys' 2-3 loss led to his exit and also dashed Tomar's hopes of entering the repechage.<br /><br />Indian coach Jagmender Singh said that though Tomar's opponent was not very strong, he did not look fully fit.<br /><br />The 29-yer-old, coming off a long knee injury lay-off, never finished higher than fifth in the Asian Championships, whose standard is not as high as the Asian Games.<br /><br />Woman competitor Nirmala, too, lost 1-3 to Zhuldyz Eshimova of Kazakhstan after giving her opponent a scare by winning the second period.<br /><br />Nirmala was down by a point in the first period but then grabbed four points, including a triple, with some adept grappling in the second. The Kazakh women, however, fought back strongly in the third to go through to the quarter-finals.<br /><br />"Nirama fought well but her opponent was very strong," Jagmender explained.<br /><br />Eshimova, however, found Korea's Kim Hyungjoo too hot to handle in the quarter-finals.<br />Yesterday, Asian champion and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Narsingh Yadav (74kg) made a shocking semi-final exit, while Pradeep Kumar (66kg) and Ram Vir (84kg) also met with a similar fate.<br /><br />The display of the grapplers so far has been a far cry from their superb show in last month's Commonwealth Games in Delhi where they garnered ten gold, five silver and four bronze medals.<br /><br />In the Doha Games four years ago, the Indian contingent had won a silver medal in women's wrestling.</p>
<p>Mausam Khatri (men's 96kg), however, despite suffering a 1-3 defeat at the hands of Kazakhstan's Taimuraz Tigiyev, can still win a bronze medal if he overcomes Syria's Alkarrad Raja and two others in repechage, at the Huagong Gymnasium.<br /><br />The script was no different for Tomar (men's 120kg) as he lost to Kyrgyzstan's Aiaal Lazarev by an identical margin.<br /><br />Lazarev was up 6-3 on technical points after the first period and added six more in the second to complete a total rout. Unlike Khatri, Tomar failed to earn a single technical point.<br /><br />After an easy win over the Indian, Lazarev met his match in Uzbekistan's Artur Taymazov in the quarter-finals. The Kyrgys' 2-3 loss led to his exit and also dashed Tomar's hopes of entering the repechage.<br /><br />Indian coach Jagmender Singh said that though Tomar's opponent was not very strong, he did not look fully fit.<br /><br />The 29-yer-old, coming off a long knee injury lay-off, never finished higher than fifth in the Asian Championships, whose standard is not as high as the Asian Games.<br /><br />Woman competitor Nirmala, too, lost 1-3 to Zhuldyz Eshimova of Kazakhstan after giving her opponent a scare by winning the second period.<br /><br />Nirmala was down by a point in the first period but then grabbed four points, including a triple, with some adept grappling in the second. The Kazakh women, however, fought back strongly in the third to go through to the quarter-finals.<br /><br />"Nirama fought well but her opponent was very strong," Jagmender explained.<br /><br />Eshimova, however, found Korea's Kim Hyungjoo too hot to handle in the quarter-finals.<br />Yesterday, Asian champion and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Narsingh Yadav (74kg) made a shocking semi-final exit, while Pradeep Kumar (66kg) and Ram Vir (84kg) also met with a similar fate.<br /><br />The display of the grapplers so far has been a far cry from their superb show in last month's Commonwealth Games in Delhi where they garnered ten gold, five silver and four bronze medals.<br /><br />In the Doha Games four years ago, the Indian contingent had won a silver medal in women's wrestling.</p>