CHANDIGARH, OCT 22 : Olympian Palwinder Singh Cheema of Punjab Police grabbed the gold medal after overpowering Surinder Singh of Central Industrial Security Force in the 120 kg final freestyle bout of the 57th All India Police Games (Wrestling Cluster) at Madhuban Police Complex on Wednesday.
The Commonwealth and Asian Games medallist, Cheema fought proved far superiour to his rival. It may be recalled that Cheema had challenged The Great Khali of World Wrestling Entermainment to fight him under the International Wrestling Federation (FILA) rules. Khali hails from Himachal Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh’s Jagdish Kaliraman, son of renowled Haryana wrestler Chandgi Ram, and Mukhtiar Singh of Central Industrial Security Force got bronze.
International Yashpal Solanki of Punjab Police, who donned the India colour in the World Cup Judo Championship in Brazil last year , bagged first gold in judo as he defeated Samunder Singh of Border Security Force in 100 kg final. Jatinder Alumbyan of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Narender Singh of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) got bronze.
Sandhya Rani of Central Reserve Police Force lifted 70 kg in snatch and 97 in jerk for a total lift of 167 kg to win gold in the 48 kg women’s weightlifting competition.of the Promila of Haryana Police had to satisfy herself with sivler with a total lift of 125 kg. Supriya Patil of Maharashtra Police lifted 122 kg for bronze.
Three knockout verdicts were recorded in the boxing ring.Releasing powerful punches Amandeep of Punjab Police knocked out Mong Dang of Nagaland Police in the 57-60 kg class bout.
In the 64-69 kg section Eymain Ali of Border Security Force was seen in his ferocious best as he scored a Kayo verdict against Abhimanyu Bohora (Orissa Police). Sultan Tabrej Alam (West Bengal Police) also floored Padman Kumhapatra (Orissa Police) in 69-75 kg class.
Results: Wrestling (Greeco-Roman): 54 kg: 1 Lakshmi Narayan (BSF). 2 Rajesh (CRPF), 3 Mohmad Swale (UP) and Sunil Kumar (BSF).
120 kg: 1 Yudhvir Singh (CISF), 2 Azad Singh (Punjab Police), 3 Rishi Pal (BSF) and Gyanender (BSF). 85 kg (freestyle): 1 Rakesh (BSF), 2 D.R. Shinge (Maha Police), 3 Amandeep Kumar (Punjab Police) and Sombir (BSF). 120 kg (freestyle): 1 Palwinder Cheema (Punjab Police), 2 Surinder Singh (CISF), 3 Mukhtiar Singh (CISF) and Jagdish Kaliraman (UP Police). 53 kg weightlifting (women): 1 Sonia Chang (UP Police), 2 Hinao Devi (CRPF), 3 Tikna Gopal (CISF).
Judo: 90 kg: 1 Anil Dagar (ITBP), 2 Jasbir Singh (Haryana Police) , 3 Yadwinder Singh (CRPF) and Deepak Tyagi (UP Police).
Boxing: 54-57 kg : E. Sahatoma Singh (Assam Rifles) bt Mohd. Habib (Punjab Police) 17-10 pts. Vinod Kumar (CRPF) bt Rajesh Dogra (J-K Police) RSC.57-60 kg : Giti Ram (Assam Rifles) bt Upender Singh (Rajasthan Police) RSC. Sarafraj Ali (West Bengal Police) bt K. Nitranjan (Andhra Police) 15-14 pts. Amandeep (Punjab Police) ko Mong Dang (Nagaland Police). Arvind Thapa (Himachal Police) bt Naveen (Sikkim Police) 9-3 pts. 60-64 kg: S.B. Tamang (Assam Rifles) bt Pawan Kumar (Punjab Police). R. Youva Raajan (Tamil Police) w/o Surook V. Biggle (Goa Police). Kamal (Sikkim Police) bt Youvraj Kamble (Maha Police) 4-3 pts. Amit Kumar (BSF) bt Mohd Tarique (West Bengal Police) 9-2 pts. Ranjit (Punjab Police) bt Habib Mustafa (RPF) 16-3 pts. 64-69 kg : Sanjay Singh (CISF) bt Gurbaksh Singh (SSB) 11-5 pts. Sandesh H. Shivali (Maha Police) bt Uma Shanker (ITBP) 13-0 pts. Eymain Ali (BSF) ko Abhimanyu Bohora (Orissa Police). 69-75 kg : Surinder Kumar (Haryana Police) bt Surinder Kumar (Punjab Police) RSC. Harish Tokas (CRPF) bt Saranjit Singh (J-K Police) RSC, Surinder Singh (SSB) bt Yogender Singh (Rajasthan Police) RSC. Sultan Tabrej Alam (West Bengal Police) k/o Padman Kumhapatra (Orissa Police). 75-81 kg : Hesre Singh (ITBP) bt M. Sharda Rao (Andhra Police) 9-1 pts. R.V. Nariyana (Tamil Police) bt Balwan Singh (J-K Police) 9-7 pts. 48 kg : Raj Kumar (J-K Police) bt Hop Son (Nagaland). Dalip Singh Negi bt Sachin Singh Garade (Maha Police). Amandeep (Punjab Police) bt Hari Om (Himachal Police). Bishnu B. Chetr (West Bengal Police) bt Tanzing Sherpa (Sikkim Police). Bishwa Jit Mandal (Assam Rifles) bt O. Inao Singh (Manipur), Sarju (Uttarakhand Police) bt Nasir Qureshi (UP Police). Rajnish (Haryana Police) bt P. Pradhan (Sikkim Police). Jaibir (CRPF) bt Chouth Mal (Rajasthan Police).