CWG 2018 | Sushil Kumar smashes Johannes Botha in a flash to win third Wrestling Gold medal

Kumar began the day with a comfortable win against Canadian opponent Jevon Belfour. In what was a quick encounter, Kumar thrashed his opponent 11-0 to move through to the quarter-finals to set up a tie with neighboring country Pakistan’s Muhammad Asad Butt. The Glasgow Games Gold medallist also won four classification points in his match against Belfour.

What happened in his second bout of the day, was a replica of the first one, as he wrecked havoc on the wrestling mat to defeat Butt with another 11-0 win in the round of 16 encounter. In doing so, Kumar set up a semi-final tie with local wrestler Connor Evans in the former's bid for glory in Gold Coast.

In the final bout, Kumar overcame Botha in a similar fashion as the first two bouts of the day and secured Gold in the Men's Freestyle 74 kg category. It was India’s second Gold medal in wrestling after compatriot Rahul Aware won a Gold in the 57kg category. Amongst the women, 28-year old Babita Phogat won the Silver medal in the 53kg class while Kiran won Bronze in the women’s 76 kg category as the Indian wrestlers ended the day with four medals.