Asian Games 2018: Wrestler Sushil Kumar Crashes Out in First Round of Freestyle 74 kg Category

India's veteran Sushil Kumar suffered a shock defeat in the opening round to crash out of the men's 74 kg category in the wrestling competition at the 18th Asian Games here on Sunday.

Asian Games 2018: Sushil Kumar Crashes Out in First Round. (Photo Credit: ANI)

Jakarta, Aug 19: India's veteran Sushil Kumar suffered a shock defeat in the opening round to crash out of the men's 74 kg category in the wrestling competition at the 18th Asian Games here on Sunday.

Sushil seemed sluggish and off-colour right from the start during a rather lacklustre 3-5 defeat to Adam Batirov of Brunei. Batirov will take on Abdul Ghafar Qaderi of Afghanistan in the pre-quarterfinals.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Aug 19, 2018 01:22 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

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