Seasoned wrestler Mausam Khatri narrowly missed out on an Olympic berth, losing to Mongolian Khuderbulga Dorjkhand 8-6 in the 97kg freestyle semifinals of the second Olympic Games World qualifying tournament in Istanbul on Sunday.
Mausam defeated Nikolaos Papaoikonomou of Greece 10-0 and Erik Sven Thiele of Germany 8-4 before bowing out just a step away from qualification.
The other two Indians in the fray in the freestyle event — Gopal Yadav and Hitender — lost in the early rounds of the 86kg and 125kg categories.
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India clinched six wrestling places, including three in freestyle, two in women and one in Greco Roman, for the Rio Olympics.
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