World Wrestling Championships: Ravi Dahiya crashes out, Naveen enters bronze medal round

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World Wrestling Championships: Ravi Dahiya crashes out, Naveen enters bronze medal round


Last Updated: September 16, 2022, 23:30 IST

Ravi Dahiya gained gold on the 2022 CWG. (AP Photo)

Earlier, Ravi had made it to the second round with a 10-0 win over Romania’s Razwan Marian Kovacs.

Belgrade: Olympic silver medallist Ravi Dahiya crashed out within the second round of the 57kg freestyle class on the World Wrestling Championships right here on Friday.

Ravi, who gained gold on the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, was thrashed 10-0 by Uzbekistan’s Gulomjon Abdullaev, however the Uzbek wrestler’s quarterfinal loss ended Ravi’s hopes of a bronze medal repechage.

Earlier, Ravi had made it to the second round with a 10-0 win over Romania’s Razwan Marian Kovacs.

Naveen, however, entered the bronze medal match by defeating world quantity 4 Sirbaz Talgat of Uzbekistan 11-3 within the opening round of 70 kg repechage.

Naveen’s win immediately put him into the bronze medal match as his next-round rival Ilyas Bekbulatov (Uzbekistan) couldn’t play resulting from harm. Commonwealth Games champion Naveen will face Arnazar Akmataliev in a bronze medal match on Friday evening.

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