points are awarded if the opponent is taken down on the mat and the other player is controlling them. Escape: Up to point is given to a player who gets away from the mat or gets into a neutral position when pinned down. Reversal: points are given to the player who gains control of the opponent from underneath them. Near fall: points if the fall lasts for two seconds or points if it lasts for seconds.
Penalty Points: Up to points for illegal holds, and technical violations like going off the mat, grabbing clothing, locking or overlapping hands. Caution to a Wrestler Caution is given to the wrestler for the following actions during the competition— •• For fleeing the mat, fleeing a hold, refusal to start, and illegal hold be noted by awarding ( ). •• After each caution ( ), the opponent will automatically receive two points in Greco-Roman wrestling. •• After each caution ( ), the opponent will automatically receive one or two technical points in Freestyle wrestling depending on the gravity of the infraction.
•• In Greco-Roman wrestling, no point is granted to the opponent when a wrestler is warned for the second time for passivity. •• Offensive wrestler can get a penalty to lock hands (except cradles) around the torso of the defensive wrestler. •• It can only be done if the opponent is standing on their feet or close to the fall count. •• A referee will consider overlapping fingers as locked hands.
Technical Violation The referee can penalise the wrestler for the technical violation of the following rules— •• Going off the mat or forcing your opponent off the mat to avoid wrestling. •• Leaving the mat during the match without the referee’s permission. Activity . Collect information about budding wrestlers through Khelo India Programme.
Do You Know? The first wrestler of India to win a medal at Olympic Games was Khashaba Dabasaheb Jadhav in . •• Reporting to the mat not properly equipped or not ready to wrestle, or with the illegal equipment at the time of starting the