London Olympics: 6th cheer to India, Sushil Kumar makes his way to final

Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar once again made India proud by entering into the finals of the men's 66kg freestyle wrestling event in the London Olympics on Sunday. Sushil beat Kazakhstan's Akzhurek Tanatarov 3-1 in a thrilling semifinal at the ExCel Arena to fix his place in the final.

Earlier, Sushil made his way into the last four defeating Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan 3-1.

The 2010 World Champion defeated Beijing gold medallist, Turkey's Ramazan Sahin, in the opening round held earlier Sunday.

Sushil will have to defeat the Japanese wrestler Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu in the gold medal play-off later in the day.

-With inputs from IANS.