Wrestler Ravi Dahiya in Olympics final, assured of at least silver

Tokyo, August 4

Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya (57kg) on Wednesday defeated Kazakhstan’s Nurislam Sanayev to enter Olympics final, assured of at least silver medal.

Dahiya opened the scoring with an explosive takedown against Vangelov, with the Indian continuously targeting the Bulgarian’s right leg and building a 6-0 lead heading into the second period. In the second period, Dahiya scored from a two-legged takedown to go 8-0 up.

In a series of quick exchanges after that, Dahiya came out on top to build up a 14-4 lead to win the bout by technical superiority.

In wrestling, a 10-point lead over the opponent results in a victory by technical superiority.

Earlier, in his opening Round-of-16 bout on Wednesday, Dahiya had defeated Colombia’s Oscar Tigreros by technical superiority to secure a quarterfinal spot. The 23-year-old Dahiya showed no nerves as he dominated the bout to win 13-2.

Dahiya landed one attack after another, winning by technical superiority with minutes to spare.