Indian wrestler Sunil Kumar reaches gold medal bout of Rome ranking series

In Wrestling, twenty-year-old Greco-Roman grappler Sunil Kumar sprung a huge surprise by reaching the gold medal round on his maiden senior level appearance at the first ranking series event of the season in Rome. 

In the 87-kg category, Sunil began with a 2-1 win over American Patrick Anthony Martinez and followed it up with a



commanding victory by fall over Venezuala's Luis Eduardo Avendano Rojas in the semifinals.

He will now fight it out with Hungary's Viktor Lorincz for the top prize. Two more Indians are in medal contention with Ashu (67kg) and Sachin Rana (60kg) reaching the bronze play-offs.