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India’s Ace Wrestler Sushil Kumar Won Bronze Medal
Shooter Abhinav Bindra
Boxer Vijender Kumar
Out of the field of 21, 11 wrestlers including Sushil Kumar obtained a bye to the 1/8th round. He lost to Andriy Stadnik from Ukraine in the first round of the 66kg freestyle wrestling event,[6] leaving his medal hopes hinging on the repechage. Kumar defeated American Doug Schwab in the first repechage round and Belarusian Albert Batyrov in the second repechage round. In the bronze medal match on 20 August, 2008 Kumar beat Spiridonov 3:1, with scores of 2-1, 0-1, 2-0 in the three rounds
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