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August 5, 2021: Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins wrestling silver on the Tokyo Olympics
Ravi Kumar Dahiya settled for the silver medal after dropping 7-4 to World champion Zaur Uguev of Russia within the keenly-fought males’s 57kg freestyle title conflict of the Tokyo Olympics.
He grew to become solely the second Indian wrestler, after Sushil Kumar, to get a Video games silver.
Within the a lot anticipated contest, Uguev took an early lead by pushing Ravi out of the circle twice. Ravi, a Worlds bronze medallist and a two-time Asian champion, caught up with the Russian by means of a effective takedown from the left.
Prior to later, Uguev restored his lead to enter the second interval with a 4-2 benefit.
The Russian shocked Ravi with one among his effective strikes and prolonged his result in 5-2. He inflated his lead with one other takedown.
Ravi gave his finest to interrupt the stable defence of Uguev and cut back the margin to 7-4. The Indian wrestled his coronary heart out within the closing seconds however couldn't cease Uguev from attaining the uncommon honour of being a World and Olympic champion.
Earlier than reaching the summit conflict, Ravi had overwhelmed Pan American silver medallist Colombian Oscar Tigreros 13-2, Bulgarian Particular person World Cup bronze medallist Georgi Vangelov 14-4 and double Worlds medallist Kazakh Nurislam Sanayev ‘by fall’.
