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A bronze medalist in the 60kg freestyle event in London, Yogeshwar leads India's wrestling contingent and is the country's biggest medal hope. (Getty Images)
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Narsingh Pancham Yadav (74 kg)
The Maharashtrian wrestler won India's lone medal at the World Wrestling Championships in 2015, a bronze in the 74kg freestyle category, to book a Rio berth. (TOI)
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Hardeep Singh (86 kg)
The grappler became the first Indian Greco-Roman wrestler to seal an Olympic quota in the heavyweight category, when he reached the final of the Olympic Wrestling Asian Qualification Tournament in March. (Getty Images)
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Sandeep Tomar (57 kg)
Tomar became the fourth Indian wrestler after Yogeshwar, Narsingh and Hardeep to book a berth for the Rio Games, when he won bronze at the World Qualifying event in Ulaanbaatar. (Getty Images)
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Ravinder Khatri (85kg)
The Haryana native - who is a Havildar in the Jat Brigade - won eight bouts and lost two to qualify for the Rio Olympics. (Archives)
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Vinesh Phogat (48 kg)
Phogat missed out on selection for the 2012 Olympics as she was overweight by 400gm, but is now eyeing gold at Rio. (TOI)
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Babita Kumari (53 kg)
Babita qualified for the Olympics after Mongolia's Sumiya Erdenechimeg failed a dope test in women's 53kg at the Asian Olympic qualifier. (Getty Images)
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Sakshi Malik (58kg)
Sakshi, 23, is one of the most promising wrestlers in India and won her Olympic quota in a category which the vastly experienced Geeta Phogat dominated. (Getty Images)
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