Tokyo Olympics Wrestling: Ravi Dahiya, Deepak Punia storm into semis, one step away from medal | Other Sports News

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It was a brilliant Wednesday (August 4) for India on the Tokyo Olympics as wrestlers Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Deepak Punia each stormed into semifinals. Ravi Dahiya defeated Bulgaria’sĀ Georgi Vangelov within the 57kg freestyle class with a complete 14-4 margin whereas Deepak Punia bought previous China’s Zushen Lin within the 86kg class with a 6-3 margin within the quarterfinal bouts.

Dahiya will now tackle Kazakhstan’s Nurislam Sanayev for a proper to enter the gold medal struggle within the 57kg class whereas Punia will tackle United States’ David Morris Taylor within the semifinal. Both the bouts will happen later within the afternoon on Wednesday.Ā 

Earlier, Dahiya and Punia started their Olympics campaigns with technical superiority victories, reaching the boysā€™s freestyle 57kg and 86kg quarterfinals respectively with ease. The 19-year-old Anshu Malik although misplaced the ladiesā€™s 57kg opener to European champion Irina Kurachikina of Belarus 2-8.

The fourth-seeded Dahiya persistently attacked the proper leg of Colombiaā€™s Tigreros Urbano and he remained dominant, aside from conceding a take-down within the first interval. Dahiya, the reigning Asian champion, nailed the win with one minute and 10 seconds nonetheless remaining within the bout, which was stopped after he raced to a profitable 13-2 lead.

The Indian effected 5 take-down strikes within the second interval, displaying his technical prowess. Deepak Punia (freestyle 86kg) made probably the most of a simple draw by getting previous Nigeriaā€™s Ekerekeme Agiomor, the African championship bronze medallist.

The Nigerian had the facility however Deepak was technically sound and received comfortably. Asian champion Anshu made a robust comeback after conceding a 0-4 lead in opposition to the Belarusian with two push out factors.

She additionally managed to pay money for Kurachikinaā€™s proper leg however couldn’t full the transfer. On the counter assault, Anshu conceded one other two-pointer however saved combating. The European relied on her expertise to prevail.

Anshuā€™s probabilities to come back again within the competitors will depend upon Kurachikinaā€™s progress. If the Belarusian makes the ultimate, Anshu will get a repechage spherical.

(with PTI inputs)





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