Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya retained his Asian Championship title with a strong efficiency however Bajrang Punia settled for a silver medal after withdrawing from the much-awaited remaining in opposition to Takuto Otoguro due to an elbow damage, right here on Saturday.
Bajrang informed PTI that he didn’t need to worsen the situation of his proper elbow. He mentioned he began feeling the ache throughout the quarterfinal in opposition to Korean Yongseok Jeong.
“When I was pulling the Korean, the pain in my right elbow resurfaced. It’s the same elbow that I had injured during the World Championship. The coaches advised that I must not take risk so close to the Olympics, so I withdrew,” Bajrang mentioned.
Also ending on podium have been Narsingh Pancham Yadav (79kg), Karan (70kg) and Satywart Kadian (97kg), who received a bronze every, as all 5 Indians in motion on Saturday returned with medals.
It was Yadav’s first worldwide medal in 5 years as he final received it in July 2015 at Grand Prix of Spain. He served a four-year doping ban which he accomplished solely just lately.
Yadav beat Iraq’s Ahmed Mohsin Kadhim 8-2 comfortably within the bronze play off.
Bajrang didn’t look his standard self however didn’t face a lot competitors en route the ultimate. He had no problem in getting previous Jeong, who hardly attacked in his opening 65kg bout.
His first scoring level was a take-down on the counter and earned yet one more for the passivity of his rival.
Next for him was Mongolia’s Bilguun Sarmandakh, whom he pinned to guarantee his passage into the summit conflict.
Bajrang had misplaced the 2018 World Championship title conflict and final 12 months’s Asian Championship remaining to the Otoguro and will have examined himself in opposition to the Japanese however it turned out to be an anti-climactic finish to the 65kg competitors.
Ravi Dahiya, although, gave India the primary freestyle gold medal of this version with a commanding present.
His supreme stamina and relentless attacking prowess was too good for his opponents within the 57kg. He returned to the mat after a 12 months and in type. He had final competed at this occasion in New Delhi the place he had received gold.
He was gradual off the blocks however turned his standard dominant self after the primary interval in opposition to Uzbekistan’s Nodirjon Safarov in his opening bout.
Once he bought into his rhythm, his strikes have been too sizzling to deal with for his rival, as he received 9-2.
Ravi had lots left in his tank even in direction of the tip whereas Safarov had misplaced his steam, making it straightforward for the Indian to rating factors.
Next, he confronted Palestine’s Ali M M Aburumaila and received on technical superiority.
His title conflict in opposition to Iran’s Alireza Nosratolah Sarlak was anticipated to be a decent one however Ravi solely bought higher and higher because the fast-paced remaining progressed.
There have been assaults from each the wrestlers however Ravi was clearly the superior one on the mat together with his fast strikes as he received 9-4.
Karan bagged the 70kg bronze medal after successful 3-1 in opposition to Korea’s Seungbong Lee.
He had reached the quarters with a hard-fought 3-1 win over Iran’s Amirhossein Ali Hosseini however misplaced the subsequent bout 0-6 to Syrbaz Talgat from Kazakhstan. Later he bought into medal spherical by means of the repechage route.
Kadiyan moved to the 97kg quarterfinals with a straightforward 8-0 win over Kyrgyzstan’s Arslanbek Turdubekov.
He scored two factors within the first interval with push out whereas the remaining have been by means of take-down strikes within the second as his rival hardly attacked.
In the quarterfinal in opposition to Uzbekistan’s Mukhammadrasul Rakhimov, he performed sensible to win 4-1. He then confronted Iran’s Ali Khalil Shabanibengar and misplaced the semifinal by technical superiority in mere 25 seconds.
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