Updated August 5th, 2021 at 17:33 IST
India's Ravi Dahiya wins silver medal at Tokyo Olympics, loses to ROC's Uguev in wrestling
Ravi Dahiya has now become the second wrestler to win a silver medal at the Olympics game in wrestling for India after wrestler Sushil Kumar at London Games
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Ravi Dahiya on Thursday settled for a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics after he went down fighting two-time wrestling world champion Zavur Uguev from the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) by 7-4 in the final of 57kg freestyle category. With this, Ravi Dahiya has become the second wrestler to win a silver medal at the Olympics game in wrestling for India after Sushil Kumar had won a silver medal at the London Games. It is also India's second silver medal after at Tokyo Olympics after Mirabai Chanu.
Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins silver at Tokyo 2020
The gold medal match turned out to be a thrilling contest, with both wrestlers giving everything on the mat. However, the early lead by the Russian wrestler turned out to be the turning point of the match. Ravi Dahiya's start wasn't up to the mark as Zavur scored two points shortly after the competition commenced. However, Ravi Dahiya made a comeback and earned two points. The first round ended 2-4 in favour of Zavur. Ultimately the final score was 7-4 in favour of Zavur Uguev.
Ravi Kumar Dahiya is a remarkable wrestler! His fighting spirit and tenacity are outstanding. Congratulations to him for winning the Silver Medal at #Tokyo2020. India takes great pride in his accomplishments.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 5, 2021
Silver for Ravi!
— SAIMedia (@Media_SAI) August 5, 2021
India’s Ravi Dahiya loses to Uguev Zavur 4-7 in the final of the 57 Kg Men’s Freestyle wrestling to win India’s second silver medal and 5th medal overall at #Tokyo2020.
We are proud of his achievement. #Cheer4India pic.twitter.com/bI7ueOeJFR
Ravi Kumar Dahiya, you are Indian hero! You have made India proud by winning Olympic Silver medal !!
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) August 5, 2021
Hearty Congratulations on the great performance at the #Tokyo2020 Olympics #Cheer4India 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/OuthaKWzRI
So close. Zavur Uguev 🇷🇺 wins the Final. Ravi Kumar Dahiya 🇮🇳 gets the silver medal, well played. 🥈
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) August 5, 2021
CONGRATULATIONS👏
— PIB India (@PIB_India) August 5, 2021
Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins the #Silver medal in Men's Freestyle 57 kg category at #TokyoOlympics #TeamIndia #Cheer4India #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/tJFEuzXmcl
Ravi Dahiya at Tokyo Olympics
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.
There were expectations that the 23-year Dahiya would become India's youngest Olympic champion however his Russian counterpart was too good today. Earlier, Dahiya had lost to Uguev at the 2019 World Championship.
The wrestler from Nahri village in Haryana had outclassed Colombia's Tigreros Urbano (13-2) in his opener and then outwitted Bulgaria's Georgi Valentinov Vangelov (14-4) in the quarterfinals.
In the semifinals, he erased a massive 2-9 deficit to pin Kazakhastan Nurislam Sanayev. Before Dahiya, Sushil Kumar, was the only other Indian wrestler to have made the final at Olympics. Sushil had won a silver at the 2012 London Games, where Yogeshwar Dutt also won a bronze. Sushil had won a bronze at the 2008 Beijing Games.
India now have five Olympic medal-winning wrestlers.
KD Jadhav had won a bronze in the 1952 Helsinki Games. Sakshi Malik had become the first woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal when she clinched a bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games
(Image Credits: @KirenRijiju)
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Published August 5th, 2021 at 16:48 IST
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