State-level wrestling competition held at Nanjangud

The State-level Wrestling competition organised by Karnataka Rakshna Vedike at the Vidyvardhaka School grounds witnessed 30 pairs of wrestlers from various parts of the State vying for the top honours.  The main attraction of the tournament was the fight between Pahilwan Vishnukoth of Pune and Pahilwan Karthick Kate of Davanagere. Both the wrestlers were involved in an intense fight for about an hour in which Pahilwan Vishnukoth emerged victorious. In the other matches, Pahilwan Chota Parvez overcame Pahilwan Kiran; Pahilwan Anand of Davanagere won against Pahilwan Ravichandra of Bijapur; Pahilwan Sharath of Kumbarakoppal defeated Pahilwan Maruthi and Pahilwan Rangaswamy of Nanjangud won against Pahilwan Darshan.