Sushil Kumar won gold in men’s 74kg freestyle wrestling category at cwg2018 and Babita Kumari won silver.

Sushil Kumar’s domination of the men’s 74kg freestyle wrestling category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast was summed up by the way he went about his business in the final bout against Johannes Botha of South Africa.

Sushil, after the initial exchange of grips, went for his moves, bouncing Botha around at will, literally toying with the idea of victory. The South African was so unsettled that it seemed he had lost his bearings, when the referee whistled announcing the end of the bout,



with Sushil earning a 10-0 (technical superiority), to win gold on Thursday.

It was Sushil’s third straight Commonwealth Games gold medal and India’s second gold from the wrestling mat from this edition of the CWG. Earlier, Rahul Aware won gold in the 57kg division, dominating his opponents, but not to the same extent as Sushil. India won two more medals at the wrestling arena on Thursday -- Babita Kumari settling for silver in the 53kg women’s division and Kiran earning a bronze in the 76 kg category.