London 2012 Olympics Wrestling: Sushil Kumar in semifinals

Sushil Kumar faces Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan in quarterfinals. The 23-year-old Uzbek had defeated Otar Tushishvili (3-1) in the pre-quarters.

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London: Sushil defeated his Uzbek opponent Ikhtiyor Navruzov in the quartefinals and he will now face Akzhurek Tanatarov of Kazakhstan in the semis. As it happened Period 3: Sushil gets a point. ANd he has pocketed the period and the bout. Period 2: Sushil gets a point. His opponent managed to get a point in the last seconds. It now boils down to the third period. Period 1: Sushil leads the period 3-1. He wins the first period. The bout has started. Sushil Kumar will next face Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan in quarterfinals. The 23-year-old Uzbek had defeated Otar Tushishvili (3-1) in the pre-quarters. Earlier, Sushil defeated Beijing gold medallist Ramazan Sahin (3-1) to move to the quarterfinals of the men's 66kg freestyle category. READ HERE AS IT HAPPENED»