2010 Commonwealth Games, Wrestling

Wrestling is one of the optional sports which have been recognized at the Commonwealth Games. Wrestling involves many styles like the Free-Style and Greco-Roman. It featured for the first time at the Commonwealth Games of 1930.

his particular sport event has seen a considerable rise in the number of nations participating in it. It had increased from 3 to 17 countries in the year 2002.

Wrestling did not appear at the Commonwealth Games of 2006 but has made a return at the Commonwealth Games of 2010 to be held in Delhi, India. Some of the best wrestlers from all parts of the world were a part of this exciting event.

The various categories in wrestling are as follows.

Free Style & Greco Roman

• 55kg
• 60kg
• 66kg
• 74kg
• 84kg
• 96kg
• 120kg

7 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze medals were at stake for the wrestling event. The wrestling sport event was scheduled to take place at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex from the 5th to 10th October, 2010. The training grounds for this purpose were Games Village, Sri Ram College of Commerce for Women and Ludlow Castle. Wrestling was also a part of the Pune 2008 "Commonwealth Youth Games". With some brilliant wrestlers, who performed wonderfully well at the "Beijing Olympic", India's performance was phenomenal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Below is a list of the results of the wrestling event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Wrestling - Freestyle

Event	Men	Position	Country
Freestyle - 120kg	Arjan Bhullar	1 - Gold	Canada
Freestyle - 55kg	Azhar Hussain	1 - Gold	Pakistan
Freestyle - 60kg	Yogeshwar Dutt	1 - Gold	India
Freestyle - 66kg	Sushil Kumar	1 - Gold	India
Freestyle - 74kg	Narsingh Pancham YADAV	1 - Gold	India
Freestyle - 84kg	Muhammad Inam	1 - Gold	Pakistan
Freestyle - 96kg	Sinivie Boltic	1 - Gold	Nigeria

Event	Women	Position	Country
Freestyle - 48 kg	Carol Huynh	1 - Gold	Canada
Freestyle - 51 kg	Ifeoma Christiana Nwoye	1 - Gold	Nigeria
Freestyle - 55 kg	Geeta	1 - Gold	India
Freestyle - 59 kg	Alka Tomar	1 - Gold	India
Freestyle - 63 kg	Justine Bouchard	1 - Gold	Canada
Freestyle - 67 kg	Anita	1 - Gold	India
Freestyle - 72 kg	Ohenewa Akuffo	1 - Gold	Canada

Wrestling Greco Roman

Event	Men	Position	Country
Freestyle - 120kg	Ivan Popov	1 - Gold	Australia
Freestyle - 55kg	Rajender Kumar	1 - Gold	India
Freestyle - 60kg	Ravinder Singh	1 - Gold	India
Freestyle - 66kg	Myroslav Dykun	1 - Gold	England
Freestyle - 74kg	Sanjay	1 - Gold	India
Freestyle - 84kg	Efionayi Joe Agbonavbare	1 - Gold	Nigeria
Freestyle - 96kg	Anil Kumar	1 - Gold	India

Last Updated on : 26 October 2010