Indian wrestler Ravi Dahiya loses 57kg to settle for silver medal in final Tokyo Olympics
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There were hopes that 23-year-old Dahiya would become India's youngest Olympic champion but the Russian defended well and won comfortably. Dahiya had also lost to Uguay in the 2019 World Championships.
Indian wrestler Ravi Dahiya on Thursday (August 5) had to settle for silver after losing 7-4 to Russia's Zavur Uguev in the final of the 57kg category at the Tokyo Olympics. Dahiya emulated Olympian Sushil Kumar, who last won a wrestling silver medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
No. 2 seed Russia Uguev had the upper hand after the first period, winning it 4-2. Youguev, the 2018 and 2019 world champions, has won 25 consecutive international matches.
There were hopes that 23-year-old Dahiya would become India's youngest Olympic champion but the Russian defended well and won comfortably. Dahiya had also lost to Uguev at the 2019 World Championship.
The wrestler from Haryana's Nahari village had defeated Colombia's Tigreros Urbano (13-2) in his opener and then defeated Bulgaria's Georgi Valentinov Vangelov (14-4) in the quarterfinals.
Prior to Dahiya, who is the son of a farmer from Haryana, Sushil Kumar was the only Indian to win a gold medal at the 2012 London Games, but had to settle for silver. The fourth-seeded Indian went down 2-9 in the semi-finals after Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan made some 'fitli' (leg lace) effects, but as the clock ticked, Dahiya regrouped and defeated her opponent. Caught with a double leg attack, resulting in a 'fall win'.
He caught Sanayev with a double leg attack and then held him tight, the Kazakhstan wrestler's back on the mat and ended the bout with a 'pin'. Even his previous bouts were dominated by Dahiya as the 23-year-old had won both his previous bouts on technical superiority in the final.
Dahiya defeated Colombia's Tigreros Urbano (13-2) and then defeated Bulgaria's Georgi Valentinov Vangelov (14-4) in his opener. He is now only the fifth Indian wrestler after KD Jadhav, Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt and Sakshi Malik to win an Olympic medal.
Jadhav became India's first wrestler and first individual Olympic medalist when he won a bronze medal during the 1952 Helsinki Games. After that, Sushil Kumar raised the profile of wrestling by winning a bronze at the 2008 Beijing Games and improved the medal complexion by claiming a historic silver at the 2012 London Games, which made him the only athlete from India with two individual Olympic medals. Gave.
