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Olympics: Wrestler Ravi Dahiya secures quarterfinal spot in 57kg category
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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.
Olympics: Wrestlers Dahiya, Punia secure semifinal berths; Anshu Malik loses
Wed, Aug 04 2021 01:01:07 PM
Tokyo, Aug 4 (IANS): Indian wrestlers Ravi Kumar Dahiya (57kg) and Deepak Punia (86kg) enjoyed fruitful outings at the Tokyo Olympic Games, securing semifinal berths in their respective weight categories, even as 19-year-old woman grappler Anshu Malik lost her opening 57kg-category bout to two-time world championships bronze medallist Iryna Kurachkina of Belarus 8-2 on her Olympic debut.
Anshu s hopes of a re-entry into the competition through the repechage route rest on Iryna s showing in the competition. If the Belarusian advances to the final, Anshu will get a second shot through the repechage route.
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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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