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Olympics: Wrestler Ravi Dahiya secures quarterfinal spot in 57kg category
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Olympics: Wrestler Ravi Dahiya secures quarterfinal spot in 57kg category. Image Source: IANS
Tokyo, Aug 4 : Indian grappler Ravi Kumar Dahiya won his opening-round bout by technical superiority against Colombia s Oscar Tigreros to secure a quarterfinal spot in the 57kg quarterfinals at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.
Competing in the Round-of-16 bout against the Colombian wrestler, the 23-year-old Dahiya, who is making his Olympic debut at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba, showed no nerves as he dominated the bout to win by technical superiority (13-2).
Dahiya, the reigning Asian champion and World Championships bronze medallist in his weight category, dictated the terms early on and kept Tigreros under pressure.
Tokyo Olympics: Ravi Kumar reaches gold medal bout after defeating Sanayev
Ravi Dahiya wrestlers against Kazakhstan s Nurislam Sanayev in the Tokyo 2020 semifinal.
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Ravi Kumar became just the second Indian wrestler to make an Olympic final after staging a remarkable comeback against Kazakhstan s Nurislam Sanayev in the men s 57kg semifinal in Tokyo on Wednesday. He will face ROC s two-time World Champion Zaur Uguev in the final on Thursday.
Ravi had earlier begun his campaign with two technical superiority victories to reach the semifinals with ease. Second seed Deepak Punia lost to former world champion David Morris Taylor III in the semis of the men s 86kg category. He ll now contest the bronze medal bout on Thursday.