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Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya (57kg) and Deepak Punia (86kg) enjoyed fruitful outings at the Tokyo Olympic Games as they secured semifinal berths in their respective weight categories at the Makuhari Messe on Wednesday.
On the opening day of the wrestling competition, Ravi Dahiya defeated Bulgaria s Georgi Vangelov 14-4 on technical superiority to reach the last four in the men s 57kg category, while compatriot Deepak Punia overcame China s Zushen Lin 6-3 on points to advance to the semifinals.
Dahiya will take on Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan in the last four, while Punia will be up against David Morris Taylor of the USA.
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Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya (57kg) beats Kazakhstan s Nurislam Sanayev to enter Olympics final, assured of at least silver medal.
PTI | Tokyo | Updated: 04-08-2021 15:13 IST | Created: 04-08-2021 14:58 IST
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Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya (57kg) beats Kazakhstan s Nurislam Sanayev to enter Olympics final, assured of at least silver medal.
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The Indian achieved a victory by fall over his Kazakhstan opponent to qualify for the men’s 57kg final. Ravi Dahiya in semi-final action | JACK GUEZ / AFP
Ravi Kumar Dahiya became just the second Indian wrestler to reach an Olympic final when he beat Kazakhstan’s Nurislam Sanayev by fall in the men’s 57kg semi-final at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.
Dahiya was down and out his bout trailing Sanayev 2-9 with little over a minute to play but the Indian, who is known for hitting back in his bouts, did just that by pinning his opponent to achieve the victory.
Tokyo Olympics: India freestyle wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya stormed into the finals of the men s freestyle 57kg category at the Tokyo Olympics after beating Kazakhstan s Nurislam Sanayev in the semi-finals on Wednesday. The Indian wrestler won by fall. Dahiya will now fight at the finals on Thursday and he is the first to enter the final since Sushil in 2012. In the first period, Ravi Dahiya managed to take a 2-1 lead and in the second period, the pressure was entirely on Sanayev.
Sanayev bounced back strongly in the second period and he quickly eradicated the lead of Dahiya. Early on, in the second period, the entire pressure was put on the Indian wrestler. In the end, Dahiya staged a revival and as a result, India has been assured of a silver medal.
Tokyo 2020, wrestling: Ravi Dahiya reaches final with epic comeback, assures fourth medal for India
In other wrestling categories, Deepak Punia and Anshu Malik kept themselves in contention for a bronze medal via repechage. Ravi Kumar Dahiya at Tokyo 2020 | Reuters
Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya assured a fourth medal for India at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, winning his men’s 57kg semi-final match with an epic comeback on Wednesday.
He sensationally turned around the semifinal by pinning Kazakhstan’s Nurislam Sanayev to become only the second Indian wrestler to qualify for the gold medal clash at the Olympic Games.
The fourth seeded Indian was trailing 2-9 when Sanayev effected a few ‘fitley’’ (leg lace) moves to pull ahead but as the clocked ticked away, Dahiya regrouped and got hold of his rival with a double leg attack that resulted in a victory by fall.