The Indian team was in action today at the 2019 GAMMA World Championship and had an eventful day. The major story of the day for India came courtesy of Sumit Bhyan who secured two back to back victories.
Sumit, who first fought Timur Sinen of Russia managed to get the better of his opponent and progressed into the next round where he defeated Oleh Andreiev of Ukraine. He will now fight Adilet Nurmatov of Kyrgyzstan for a spot in the finals of his weight category.
Elsewhere, Mandeep Singh also got a win on Day 1 against Humberto Correia of France. He has now progressed into the next round where he fights Roman Syrkin.
Nikunj Sharma and Mohit Tiwari also picked up wins for Team India on Day 1. Nikunj secured a huge win over Mirsaid Akhmedov in the first round but met a roadblock against Liu Zhipeng of China in the next round.
Mohit Tiwari also had a similar story. He got a win over Mansoor Tohidlou of Iran in the first round but suffered a controversial decision loss in the second round against Ihor Shmyhol.
Siddhartha Trivedi, Vijayanand Rajendran, Vishnu Warrier, Rayyan Butt, Pawan Sharma, Abdul Lateef Shammas, Syed Nazzeur, Aditya Sanil, Sahil Dahiya, Charles PB and Ratnadiptee Shimpi also fought today. Despite their solid efforts, they could not progress into the next round.
Akshata Khadtare, Shivaraj, Priya Saini, Divya Nagaraj, and Kiran Naik will be having their first fights of the tournament on Day 2.
Below are the complete results from Day 1 for Team India.
Day 2 Fixture of Team India:
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