The ace Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia and the Tokyo Olympics medalist Ravi Dahia suffered heavy defeats in their respective bouts at the ad-hoc committee-backed selection trials to select teams for the Paris Olympics qualification.
Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya clinched his third straight Asian Championship gold medal with a dominating performance in the 57kg category, winning the title clash by technical superiority against Kazakhstan's Rakhat Kalzhan, here on Saturday.
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.
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.
Seasoned hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and woman cricket Test skipper Mithali Raj were also recommended for the Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna by the selection committee.
Graffiti depicting Tokyo Olympics 2020 medal winners Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Dahiya, Mirabai Chanu, Lovlina Borgohain, PV Sindhu, Bajrang Punia, and the men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh beatified pillars near Pitampura Metro Station.
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) will conduct trials on Tuesday for the Worlds, set to be held in Oslo, Norway from October 2-10.
The PM lauded the fighting spirit of Dahiya during his bout against Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev, where the Kazakh wrestler bit him before Dahiya pinned him down.
At the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the 23-year-old wrestler had bagged the silver medal.
Wrestler Ravi Dahiya, who won silver medal in the recently-concluded Tokyo Olympics 2020, thanked countrymen for love and support. "For the first time I saw people were cheering so much for the athletes at Olympics," said Dahiya while talking to ANI.
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.
Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Ravi Dahiya has thanked Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for announcing the construction of an indoor wrestling stadium at his native village Nahri in Sonepat.
Ravi Dahiya on Thursday became only the second Indian wrestler to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games after he lost the men's freestyle 57kg title clash 4-7 to reigning world champion Zavur Uguev.
The iconic Akhada blooms back to life with its protege Ravi Dahiya bagging a Tokyo Olympics Silver medal but the absence of Sushil Kumar was felt, say coaches.
Ravi is so aggressive and mentally razor-sharp against his opponents that senior grapplers had picked him as one of the medal prospects in Olympics.
Dahiya tried every trick to breach the defence of world champion Zavur Uguev but the Russian wrestler stayed solid in his defence.
Ravi Dahiya on Thursday became only the second Indian wrestler to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games but Vinesh Phogat's redemption dream came crashing down after a shock quarterfinal exit and Deepak Punia let slip a bronze in the last 10 seconds of his play-off bout on Thursday.
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