Sanjeev clinched the gold medal in the Greco-Roman 55kg class at the Federation Cup wrestling match at Maharaja Vibhuti Narain Indoor Stadium in Varanasi on Friday.
The 23-year-outdated coached by Sonipat-dependent Kuldeep Singh shone in each individual bout he played before obtaining the improved of Manish in the ultimate to acquire his maiden gold medal at the elite degree.
The Delhi boy, who received a silver and a bronze at the National championships at Jaipur and Pune respectively, took a 1- direct thanks to Manish’s defensive solution and capitalised on his advantageous position to flip his rival for a 3- direct.
He done an additional take-down to go 5- up. But as Manish hurt his left ankle in the approach, Sanjeev was declared the winner.
Military wrestler Pravin Patil, hailing from Kolhapur, rallied from driving to beat Sunny Kumar 6-2 in the 63kg title clash.
Entire list of winners (Greco-Roman)
55kg: 1. Sanjeev (Del), 2. Manish (Har), 3. Manu Yadav (Chg), Anjit Munda (Jha) 60kg: 1. Chetan (Del), 2. Ajeet Kumar (UP), 3. Mohit Narwal (Har), Abhishek Nishad (Chg) 63kg: 1. Pravin Patil (Mah), 2. Sunny Kumar (Har), 3. Deshraj (Raj), Hariom Puri (MP) 67kg: 1. Govind (Mah), 2. Bholu Dav (UP), 3. Deepak (Del), Himanshu (Har) 72kg: 1. Ajay Dagar (Har), 2. Jagmal Singh (Raj), 3. Anil Ruhil (Chd), Anish Singh (Chg) 77kg: 1. Ravi Kumar (Del), 2. Satender Yadav (Chg), 3. Parmanand Bujammagol (Kar), Chhagan Meena (Raj) 82kg: 1. Hardeep (Har), 2. Amit Gope (Jha), 3. Bhupender (Raj), Praveen Hipparigi (Kar) 87kg: 1. Ajay (Har), 2. Inderjit (Chd), 3. Darshan (Mah), Aditya Bedikyale (Kar) 97kg: 1. Sonu (Har), 2. Vijender (Del), 3. Subham Kumar (Bih), Ritik (Chd) 130kg: 1. Sonu (Del), 2. Yatendra (UP), 3. Mudassir Khan (MP), Ashish (Chd).