Indian wrestlers disappoint on Day 1 of Hari Ram Grand Prix

India won two silver medals and a bronze in men's freestyle competitions while in the women's event, Kavita (48kg) and Rachna (55kg) lost in repechage rounds at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.

The Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Narsingh lost 0-1 1-3 in a closely-fought final bout against Hosseinkhani of Iran. The Iranian showed better skills and counter-attacks to defeat the home favourite wrestler.

Narsingh, who got the first round bye, defeated Makarashvili of Georgia 1-0 7-1 to reach the quarterfinals while in the last-eight, he ended the challenge of Afghanistan's Musleh Ahmad 2-1 6-0.

In the semifinals, Narsingh got the better of Batchuluun of Mongolia 4-2 8-4.

In the 55kg final, Nitin lost to Georgia's Gochashvili 1-0 0-1 0-1 in a keen contest. The Indian defeated Muradov of Azerbaijan 3-1 1-0, Pappu of Pakistan 5-0 and compatriot Vinod Kumar 1-1 2-1 on his way to the final.

In the women's section, Olympic-bound Geeta (55kg) opted out of the competition while her sister Babita (48kg) pulled out of the event due to an injury.

Results:

Men: Freestyle 55kg: 1. Gochashvili (Geo), 2. Nitin (Ind), 3. Batbold (Mgl) and Vinod Kumar.

74kg: 1. Hosseinkhani (Iri), 2. Narsingh (Ind), Lee Yun Seok (Kor).

Women: 48kg: 1. Lee Yu Mi (Kor), 2. Anthony Victoria (USA), 3. Bayarmagnai (Mgl) and Balushka (Ukr).

55kg: 1. Erdenechimeg (Mgl), 2.Isbell (USA), 3. Edward (Ngr) and Ismagulova (Kaz).