Talented Indian grappler Sandeep Tomar lost to two-time World Champion Victor lebedev of Russia 3-7 in the 57 kg category to get ousted from the men's freestyle wrestling at the Rio Olympics on Friday.
Tomar officially bowed when lebedev was beaten 1-6 in his next encounter against Sabzali Hassan Rahimi of Iran. Sandeep first conceded a penalty point for his passivity and the Russian World Champion defended well as the Indian did not succeed in his attempt to get an ankle hold. In the process, lebedev got a couple of technical points, getting better of the Asian Championship gold medallist.