India's Olympic heroes and their homecoming
With six medals, the London Olympics was India's best ever. And when India's medal winners returned home, the fans made sure their heroes received a grand welcome.
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The day started well for Sushil Kumar as he defeated reigning world champion Ramazan Sahin to progress to the quarters. Sushil beat Ikhtiyor Navruzov to enter the semi-finals of the 66 kg freestyle wrestling event at the London 2012 Olympics. Akzhurek Tanatarov had handed Sushil a loss at the Asian Qualifiers last year but this time Sushil got his revenge and progressed to the final and set himself up for a certain silver and a possible gold at in the 66 kg freestyle wrestling event at the London Olympics 2012.