Bajrang, who won gold in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and fellow wrestler Deepak Punia will now leave for the US this weekend from India. They will train at Michigan University until July 30, following which both will leave for Birmingham.
Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Ravi Dahiya was his usual dominant self, Bajrang Punia did not have to struggle much while Gourav Baliyan was impressive in his campaign as the three Indians kept themselves in the reckoning for gold medals at the Asian Championship, here on Saturday.
The Tokyo Olympic bronze medal winner was granted ₹1.76 lakh to support his foreign exposure training by the Sports ministry's Mission Olympic Cell (MOC).
Olympics silver medallist Ravi conveyed to the Wrestling Federation of India that he will prefer to train under Indian coaches instead of hiring a personal coach from abroad.
Bajrang returned with a bronze medal from Tokyo after going all out in the third-fourth place play-off against Kazakhstan's Daulet Niyazbekov, taking the mat for that bout without taping his knee.
Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, in a video he shared on Twitter, requested everyone to not use his comments for propaganda and also supported Pakistan's javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem.
Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia who won Bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and table tennis player Manika Batra were felicitated by DIG of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on August 27 in Delhi.
Punia acknowledged that probably he was not in the best of his form during the recent Tokyo Olympics bout as he had suffered an injury. However, he managed to secure bronze.
The World Championships will be held in Oslo, Norway from October 2-10 and Bajrang will not be able to begin his mat training until the rehabilitation programme is compete.
Superstar wrestler Bajrang Punia became the sixth athlete to clinch a medal for India after he won the men's 65kg bronze medal match against Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan in the repechage round at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He spoke exclusively to IndiaTV outlining his plans for the next Olympic Games in 2024.
Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia thanked the country for showering love to the athletes and requested to keep doing so as it inspires the players to do better.
Olympic Bronze medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia received a rousing welcome from his family and locals outside his residence in Sonipat. Bajrang Punia said, "I thank people for giving me so much love and respect.
Olympic bronze medalist Bajrang Punia on August 08 said that his knee injury forced him to skip training for 20-25 which affected his Olympic preparations.
As the Tokyo Olympics come to a close, let's take a look at our medallists and those who came within touching distance of glory but couldn't quite make it to the podium.
On June 25, competing in the semi-finals of tournament against Abulmazhid Kudiev, Bajrang endured a painful move and suffered the injury.
PM Modi on Saturday congratulated javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra who won Gold medal at Tokyo Olympics today. He said that his performance will encourage many young athlete to opt for such games. He also invited him into 15th Aug program in which he will interact with the Olympics players directly.
His mother knew that he was hiding the truth but did not scold him. After all, wrestling was in his blood. His father and elder brother, too, were ardent practitioners of the sport.
Family and friends of wrestler Bajrang Punia celebrated, after he won bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics on August 07.
On his Olympic debut, India's Bajrang Punia on Saturday claimed the bronze medal after defeating Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan 8-0 in the men's freestyle 65kg final.
Bajrang won India's sixth medal at the Tokyo Olympics and second in wrestling after Ravi Dahiya
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