ORTACA: Olympian Inam Butt started his Beach Wrestling World Series campaign on a high as he stormed into the quarter-finals of the tournament, here on Saturday.
Inam, who won the gold medal in the 2021 World Beach Wrestling Championship, displayed his brilliance in the recently commenced tournament here as he remained undefeated in the group stage to book a quarter-finals spot.
Former champion and last edition’s bronze medal winner, scripted a flying start to his Beach Wrestling World series as the national wrestler blew away his opponents and claimed four successive victories.
Inam Butt, competing in the Group A of the 90kg category, locked horns with China’s Chaoqiang Yang in his first fight of the day.
The former champion thumped Yang 3-1 after a one-sided affair and qualified for the next fight.
Inam Butt then took on Belgium’s Jonas Van Caeneghem and utterly dominated him throughout the competition before blowing him away by the score of 3-0.
He then faced Azerbaijan’s Ibrahim Yusubov in his third group-stage fight and also emerged victorious.
In his final duel on the opening day of the Beach Wrestling World Series, Inam Butt then came face to face with Romania’s Mihai Nicolae Palaghia and also secured a perfect 3-0 victory to taste his fourth triumph of the day.
It is pertinent to mention that Inam Butt will now compete in the Beach Wrestling World Series’ quarter-finals on June 11. The two-day event will conclude tomorrow, with the knockout rounds taking place on the same day.
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KALLANG: Renowned national wrestler and Olympian Inam Butt started his Beach Wrestling World Series 2023 campaign on a high by claiming three back-to-back victories.
Former champion and last edition’s bronze medal winner, scripted a flying start to his Beach Wrestling World series as the national wrestler blew away his opponents and claimed three successive victories.
Inam Butt, competing in the Group A of the 90kg category, locked horns with China’s Chaoqiang Yang in his first fight of the day.
The former champion thumped Yang 3-1 after a one-sided affair and qualified for the next fight.
Inam Butt then took on Belgium’s Jonas Van Caeneghem and utterly dominated him throughout the competition before blowing him away by the score of 3-0.
In his third duel on the opening day of the Beach Wrestling World Series, Inam Butt then came face to face with Romania’s Mihai Nicolae Palaghia and also secured a perfect 3-0 victory to taste his third triumph of the day.
It is pertinent to mention that Inam next faces Azerbaijan’s Ibrahim Yusubov in his final group-stage fight before the finals on Sunday.
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ORTACA: Olympian Inam Butt claimed the Bronze Medal after defeating his Turkish counterpart in the third-place playoff of the recently concluded Beach Wrestling World series, here on Sunday.
Imam, who stormed into the quarterfinals on the opening day of the event following two consecutive victories, carried his momentum going as he defeated Turkey’s Haci Abdullah Dilex by 1-0 in the semi-finals.
After winning three consecutive matches in the world championship, the Pakistani Olympian suffered a frustrating defeat from Azerbaijan’s wrestler in the semi-finals, which ended the hope of the Pakistani wrestler for the Gold.
The Olympian then set his sights on the Bronze as he locked horns with a Turkish wrestler in the third-place playoff and managed to thump the latter to claim the medal.
Inam, who won the World Beach Wrestling Championship in 2021 after beating a Ukrainian wrestler in Rome, will be travelling back to the country with a bronze medal this year.
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ORTACA: Olympian Inam Butt started his Beach Wrestling World Series campaign on a high as he stormed into the quarter-finals of the tournament, here on Saturday.
Inam, who won the gold medal in the 2021 World Beach Wrestling Championship, displayed his brilliance in the recently commenced tournament here as he sealed two group stage victories to book a quarter-finals spot.
In his opening fight of the tournament against Turkey’s Azkara, Inam edged past his opponent by the scores of 2-1. In his second fight, however, the Olympian completely thrashed his Georgian opponent Dato Pirazushvili by 4-0.
The wrestler will now compete in the tournament’s quarter-finals on May 28. The two-day event will conclude tomorrow, with the knockout rounds taking place on the same day.
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