India's Greco Roman wrestler Hardeep Singh lost his opening round bout in the 98 kg category by technical points to Turkey's Ildem Cenk and crashed out of the competition at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday
Rio de Janeiro: Wrestler Hardeep Singh crashed out of the men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 1/8 Final after losing to Turkey's Cenk Ildem 1-2 on points at the Rio Olympics here on Tuesday.
The first period began with both the wrestlers failing to gain any advantage before the 30-year-old Turk was penalised. But Hardeep did not take the advantage leaving both scoreless.
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Ildem Cenk of Turkey is declared winner against India's Hardeep Singh (Blue) in Men's 98 Kg wrestling during the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janerio in Brazil on Tuesday. Pic/PTI
Two minutes into the first period, Hardeep was penalised for a foul and Ildem made the most of it to lead 2-0.
The second period started with a warning to Ildem, which gave the 25-year-old Indian a point. In the last 30 seconds, both wrestlers looked to overcome each other in vain, sealing the deal in favour of the Turkish grappler.
Hardeep's hopes of making it to the repechage was blown away when Cenk subsequently lost to Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia 0-9 in the semi-final.
Hardeep's elimination has brought down the curtains on India's campaign in the Greco-Roman category after Ravinder Khatri lost to Hungary's Viktor Lorincz by technical superiority in 85kg on Monday.
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