Between the two matmen, Amit put up the better show when hewon a bout to enter the quarter-finals and lost the next two, including arepechage, to make his exit from the 55kg weight category.
Amit carved out a convincing 3-1 victory over his muchstronger and taller Iranian rival Rahimi Hassan Sabzali, the reigning Asianchampion, in their pre-quarter final fight and then was defeated by anidentical score by Georgia's Vladimer Khinchegashvili later in the contest fora place in the semis.
The Georgian went on to win his next bout against Japaneserival Shinichi Yumoto to enter the finals, thus giving a lifeline to Amit tofight his way to the bronze through repechage.
But the 19-year-old Indian could not get past his nexthurdle, Radoslav Marinov Velikov of Bulgaria, in the second repechage round andmade his exit while the winner went on to clash with Yumoto for the bronzemedal.
Narsingh, on the other hand, was outclassed by his muchsuperior Canadian rival Matthew Judah Gentry and lost his opener 1-3. He thenmade his exit when the Canadian lost in the next round.
