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October 6, 2002 | 1545 IST

Indian wrestlers start well

India's grapplers began their campaign in freestyle wrestling on a positive note, notching victories in the preliminary rounds at the Asian Games on Sunday.

In the 66kg class, Pawan Kumar beat Alan Niyazmengliev of Turkmenistan 5-2 on points in round one and then pinned China's Liang Cl in round 2, winning a 6-3 verdict, to brighten his medal prospects.

In the women's 55kg class, Alka Tomar progressed to the second round, winning the direct elimination first round. She beat Naidan Otgongargal of Mongolia 7-4 on points.

Another Indian medal hope, Kripa Shankar Patel got the better of Turkmenistan's Rovshan Seyidov, winning 8-5 on points, in the preliminary round 1, in the men's 55kg category.

In the 84kg class, Anuj Komar lost to Uzbekistan's Aslan Sanakoev 2-6 in the preliminary round 1.

alwinder Singh Cheema had a mixed day in the 120kg class, losing one bout and winning another.

After he was outclassed 0-10 by Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan in the preliminary round 1, he came back strongly to trounce Nurberdy Hekimov of Turkmenistan 10-0 in round 2 to stay in contention.

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