Ravi Kumar Dahiya the second Indian wrestler to win Olympic silver
Ravi Kumar Dahiya the second Indian wrestler to win Olympic silver
Ravi Kumar Dahiya made a strong showing in his Olympic debut, finishing on the podium at the
Tokyo Games. After Sushil Kumar, the 23-year-old wrestler became only the second Indian to earn
an Olympic silver. On Thursday, in the Men's 57kg Freestyle Gold medal match, he lost against
Russia's 2-time world champion Russian Olympic Committee's Uguev, but not without a
battle.
Ravi Kumar slipped under the radar in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics, as the focus was on India's top-ranked wrestlers, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat. On the other hand, Ravi, known for his calm demeanour, made the entire world sit up and pay attention to his feats on the mat.
Ravi Kumar, a 23-year-old wrestler who lost out on becoming India's youngest Olympic champion, is a fighter, according to fellow wrestler Bajrang.
Ravi Kumar received a flood of good wishes after his podium finish on Thursday. Abhinav Bindra, India's sole individual gold medallist, believes Ravi has a great chance to win the Olympic gold medal in Paris, which is only three years away.
The wrestler from Nahri village in Haryana defeated Colombia's Tigreros Urbano (13-2) in his first round, then he defeated Bulgaria's Georgi Valentinov Vangelov in the quarterfinals (14-4)
In the semifinals, he fought back from a 2-9 deficit to pin Nurislam Sanayev.
Sushil Kumar, who is currently serving a life sentence for murder, is the only Indian wrestler to reach the Olympics final.
He won silver, and Yogeshwar Dutt won bronze at the 2012 London Olympics. Sushil had previously competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won a bronze medal.
In the sport of wrestling, India has five Olympic medalists.
In 1952, KD Jadhav earned a bronze medal in the Helsinki Olympics. Sakshi Malik is the first woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal when she won bronze in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Ravi Kumar slipped under the radar in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics, as the focus was on India's top-ranked wrestlers, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat. On the other hand, Ravi, known for his calm demeanour, made the entire world sit up and pay attention to his feats on the mat.
Ravi Kumar, a 23-year-old wrestler who lost out on becoming India's youngest Olympic champion, is a fighter, according to fellow wrestler Bajrang.
Ravi Kumar received a flood of good wishes after his podium finish on Thursday. Abhinav Bindra, India's sole individual gold medallist, believes Ravi has a great chance to win the Olympic gold medal in Paris, which is only three years away.
The wrestler from Nahri village in Haryana defeated Colombia's Tigreros Urbano (13-2) in his first round, then he defeated Bulgaria's Georgi Valentinov Vangelov in the quarterfinals (14-4)
In the semifinals, he fought back from a 2-9 deficit to pin Nurislam Sanayev.
Sushil Kumar, who is currently serving a life sentence for murder, is the only Indian wrestler to reach the Olympics final.
He won silver, and Yogeshwar Dutt won bronze at the 2012 London Olympics. Sushil had previously competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won a bronze medal.
In the sport of wrestling, India has five Olympic medalists.
In 1952, KD Jadhav earned a bronze medal in the Helsinki Olympics. Sakshi Malik is the first woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal when she won bronze in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.