JOIN USOlympic bronze medallist Sushil, who last year created history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold in the World Championships in Moscow, was shocked 5-3 by Ukraine’s Andriy Stadnik.
With Sushil’s exit, India’s campaign ended on a disappointing note as not a single grappler made their presence felt in the tournament. Apart from Sushil, only Mausam Khatri showed some promise making it to the pre-quarterfinals of the 96kg freestyle division before losing to Jozef Jaloviar of Slovakia.
Mausam had earlier defeated Leon Gregory Rattigan of Great Britain in the opening round before getting the better of Armenian Harutyun Yenokyan in the second.
India’s other freestyle wrestlers -- Yogeshwar Dutt (60kg), Narsingh Pancham Yadav (74kg) and Pawan Kumar (84kg) all failed to clear the first round.
While Yogeshwar lost to Mostafa Ghadir Aghajaniozonbalagh of Iran, Narsingh and Pawan were shown the door by Matthew Judah Gentry of Canada and Kazakhstan’s Yermek Baiduashov respectively.
The Indian wrestlers also came a cropper in the female and greco roman categories.