Railways makes a clean sweep of team titles

Railways claim the women's team crown on the concluding day of the National Wrestling Championship at the Nandini Nagar College Sports Complex here on Tuesday.

Lalita defeated Divyanshi Tyagi in the final to take the 55kg gold medal.

Lalita defeated Divyanshi Tyagi in the final to take the 55kg gold medal and help Railways claim the women's team crown on the concluding day of the National Wrestling Championship at the Nandini Nagar College Sports Complex here on Tuesday.

Railways, which broke Haryana's 18-year record of winning the women's team title, made a clean sweep by clinching team championships in men's freestyle and Greco Roman styles. Haryana was runner-up in all three styles.

The medallists:

Men: Freestyle: 86kg: Gold: Deepak, Silver: Ashutosh Tiwari, Bronze: Arun and Somveer; 125kg: Gold: Krishan Kumar, Silver: Hitender, Bronze: Devvrat Chaudhary and Naveen Mor.

Greco Roman: 80kg: Gold: Harpreet Singh, Silver: Ravinder Khatri, Bronze: Atul and Pramod Kumar; 98kg: Gold: Hardeep Singh, Silver: Sachin, Bronze: Sumeet and Ravi.

Women: 55kg: Gold: Lalita, Silver: Divyanshi Tyagi, Bronze: Savitri Chappra and Reema; 75kg: Gold: Jyoti, Silver: Neelam Tomer, Bronze: Nikki and Kiran.