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They wear a funny kind of clothing (both men and women), called singlet, skin-tight ones that too. This is done because loose clothing is extremely dangerous in the sport, if a wrestler's hand gets stuck in some loose T-shirt or shorts good chance of breaking fingers or worse, dismemberment of fingers....because of the forces involved. Even when wrestlers train in shorts they ensure that pockets are cut out, for precisely the same reason, still risks will be there. In ancient Greece they used to wrestle naked, in kushti almost completely naked. Singlet is the only viable alternative. 

 

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Brutal sport this, broken bones (sometimes jutting out of the skin!!!!), ACL tears, head/neck/spinal injuries are par for course....also physically the toughest sport since unlike boxing, whole body is involved in the tussle against a similarly built athlete, and always in contact. Oldest sport known to mankind as well, finds mention in all civilizations and cultures, at least wrestling in some form. 

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2 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

Who are the Indian medal prospects to follow? Other than Phogat girls

Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia are top contenders, decent chance they will reach the finals, at least on paper. Not gold medal favorites IMO. In Bajrang's category there is a beastly Russian and an annoying Japanese, who have got the better of him in the past. And he suffered a knee injury one month back in a prep tournament in Russia, so expect the unknown. But confident of least a bronze from him, if he doesn't medal it will be a shock. Vinesh has a better chance but if she makes it to the final she will meet here nemesis, a Japanese who has easily beaten her 3/3 times in the past, conceding 2 pts in the most recent encounter, other 2 were blowouts where Vinesh couldn't trouble the scorers..still a silver there for the taking. Not seen the draws but I am assuming these 2 aren't set to face their main threats until F, because of their seeding. 

 

Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Deepak Punia too have chance to medal. Not much hype around them but definitely follow their bouts.

 

Others aren't really contenders but you never know. This sport has thrown up unexpected winners for India since 2008, repechage (2nd chance) and 2 bronze medals can be a blessing for some of our lower ranked wrestlers. 

 

My early prediction is silver for Vinesh, silver or bronze for Bajrang (leaning towards bronze), and a surprise 3rd medal, big chance that will be a bronze. 

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1 hour ago, Gollum said:

Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia are top contenders, decent chance they will reach the finals, at least on paper. Not gold medal favorites IMO. In Bajrang's category there is a beastly Russian and an annoying Japanese, who have got the better of him in the past. And he suffered a knee injury one month back in a prep tournament in Russia, so expect the unknown. But confident of least a bronze from him, if he doesn't medal it will be a shock. Vinesh has a better chance but if she makes it to the final she will meet here nemesis, a Japanese who has easily beaten her 3/3 times in the past, conceding 2 pts in the most recent encounter, other 2 were blowouts where Vinesh couldn't trouble the scorers..still a silver there for the taking. Not seen the draws but I am assuming these 2 aren't set to face their main threats until F, because of their seeding. 

 

Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Deepak Punia too have chance to medal. Not much hype around them but definitely follow their bouts.

 

Others aren't really contenders but you never know. This sport has thrown up unexpected winners for India since 2008, repechage (2nd chance) and 2 bronze medals can be a blessing for some of our lower ranked wrestlers. 

 

My early prediction is silver for Vinesh, silver or bronze for Bajrang (leaning towards bronze), and a surprise 3rd medal, big chance that will be a bronze. 

You are underrating deepak. Dude is a monster.

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37 minutes ago, Jay said:

You are underrating deepak. Dude is a monster.

Yeah he is and he is second seeded. But his weight categories have bigger monsters as well. Hope his seedings help a bit. At least if he loses he ll lose to someone who should get into finals opening the repechage bronze gate for him..

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Schedule 

 

Wrestling:

Ravi Kumar vs Oscar Eduardo Tigreros (Colombia) in men's freestyle 57kg will get underway at 8:00 am IST. 
 

 

Anshu Malik vs Iryna Kurachkina (Belarus) in women's freestyle 57kg is scheduled for a start at 8:00 am IST. 

 

Deepak Punia vs Ekerekeme Agiomor (Nigeria) in men's freestyle 86kg is scheduled for an 8:00 am IST start.

 

Ravi , Deepak expected to win first match. Anshu I am doubtful 

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3 hours ago, neel roy said:

Schedule 

 

Wrestling:

Ravi Kumar vs Oscar Eduardo Tigreros (Colombia) in men's freestyle 57kg will get underway at 8:00 am IST. 
 

 

Anshu Malik vs Iryna Kurachkina (Belarus) in women's freestyle 57kg is scheduled for a start at 8:00 am IST. 

 

Deepak Punia vs Ekerekeme Agiomor (Nigeria) in men's freestyle 86kg is scheduled for an 8:00 am IST start.

 

Ravi , Deepak expected to win first match. Anshu I am doubtful 

What rounds are these?

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