The finalists in each weight category won tickets to the London Games in the ongoing event and Asian champion Yogeshwar and Amit were the only Indians who were able to do so in the freestyle event on Friday.
Amit ensured himself a ticket to London after he overcame Chinese Xiaobin Hong in the semifinals. The wrestler, after getting a bye in the round of 16, got the better of Yemen's Basheer Ahmed Mohammed Al Yamani in the quarters before overwhelming the Chinese in the semifinals.
The Haryana-lad then blanked Shinichi Yumoto of Japan 5-0 in the summit clash to get the gold medal. Yogeshwar, meanwhile, stormed into the finals of the tournament after beating Mongolia's Mandakhnaran Ganzorig.
Yogeshwar looked in command from the word go, overcoming host wrestler Ulan Nadyrbek Uulu in the first round and making easy work of Uzbekistan's Dilshod Mansurov in the quarters.
But the grappler settled for silver after losing 1-3 to Masoud Mahmoud Esmaeil poorjouybari of Iran in the title bout. The Indian had lost to the Iranian in the World Championships final as well.
"I am happy to have qualified and this should now give me a few months of good tension free training to get ready for London. I would like to thank the Mittal Champions Trust which has been by my side through this long road from when I didn't even know if I would ever compete again. I now have my sights firmly set on an Olympic medal," Yogeshwar said.
It was, however, a disappointing day for former world champion and Beijing Olympics bronze-medallist, Sushil as he lost in the semifinals.
The wrestler beat Kazakhstan's Innokentii Innokentev in the first round before overwhelming Zalimkhan Yusupov of Tajikistan in the second bout and was looking good to make it to the finals until he stumbled upon Kazakhstan's Akzhurek Tanatarov.
Sushil, however, ensured a medal for himself when he defeated China's Ye Erlanbieke Katai 3-1 in the repechage bout to clinch the bronze.
Yogeshwar started at the bottom of the field in the 12th spot and won 2-1 against Nadyrbek. He won the first round 2-1 then lost the 2nd 0-3 before rounding it off 5-3.
Against his next opponent Mansurov Dilshod, Yogeshwar rallied from 0-1 to scrape through in the second round 2-1 and then steamrolled his opponent 6-0 in the final round.
In the semifinal, Yogeshwar defeated Ganzorig Mandakhnaran in two straight rounds (1-0, 7-0) to secure his London qualification.
This was a second missed opportunity for Sushil, who had last year failed to defend his World Championship title. He now has just a couple of chances to make it to the marquee event in London.
India's disappointment did not just end with Sushil's exit as Narsingh Yadav (74Kg), Pawan Kumar (84kg) and Mausam Khatri (96kg) also crashed out in the first round of the tournament.
Besides the Astana event, India will also get the chance to field their wrestlers in two other qualifying events - China (April 27-29) and Finland (May 4-6).
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