India, Oct. 29 -- Sujeet Kalkal could not repeat his Asian Games heroics against Abdulmazhid Kudiev, losing to the Tajikistan wrestler in the dying seconds of his 65kg quarter-final and crashing out of the World Championships in Astana. Sujeet emerged as one of the favourites for the 65kg title after winning the Asian Games gold beating some big names including Kudiev, against whom he overturned a 9-2 deficit to win the dramatic final 10-9.

In Astana, Sujeet met the familiar foe in Kudiev after a 4-0 win over Islam Guseinov of Belarus. Sujeet did well to lead 3-1 until 30 seconds remained on the clock. He went for an attack, but Kudiev countered to turn the tables, eventually winning the bout 3-3 on criteria after winning a challenge aft...