Wrestler Sushil Kumar did the country proud by winning the bronze medal at Beijing Olympics. He defeated Kazakhstan’s Leonid Spiridonov in the repechage match of the men’s freestyle wrestling 66kg class.

Although Sushil lost the opening round bout today he defeated the challenge by American Doug Schwab and Belarrussian Albert Batyrov in the first two repechage rounds.

Sushil Kumar is only the second Indian to win a bronze medal in wrestling at the Olympics ever. Way back in 1952 Helsinki Games Kashabha Jadhav had won a medal. It has been 56 years since the Indian contingent returned with more than one medal in Olympics.