Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya Reaches Final, Secures India’s 4th Medal At Tokyo Olympics

Mumbai: India’s 23-year-old wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya assured himself of a medal at the Tokyo Olympics after advancing to the final of the men’s freestyle 57kg category final.

He defeated Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan in the semi-final.

Dahiya will now enter the final on Thursday and he is the first player to reach the final after Sushil in 2012.

Ravi Dahiya managed to take a 2-1 lead in the first period and Sanayev was under full pressure in the second period.

Sanayev bounced back strongly in the second period and he quickly eradicated the lead of Dahiya. Early on, in the second period, the entire pressure was put on the Indian grappler.

In the end, Dahiya staged a comeback and as a result, India has been assured of a silver medal.

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