Birmingham: Putting aside the mental and physical struggles that pegged her back, an intimidating Vinesh Phogat pounced on her rivals to complete a hat-trick of CWG gold medals while Ravi Dahiya too went unchallenged in his gold-winning show, here on Saturday. Vinesh became the first Indian woman wrestler to win three consecutive Commonwealth Games gold […]
New Delhi: Stars such as Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya will not get direct entries into the final of their respective categories when the national federation holds selection trials for Commonwealth Games and Asian Games owing to the unrest among upcoming grapplers during the recent Asian Championship trials. During the trials for the Mongolia event, […]
Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia): Ravi Dahiya’s physical prowess and superior tactical acumen was on show yet again as he became the first Indian wrestler to win three gold medals at the Asian Championship but Bajrang Punia struggled badly on his return to action even as he grabbed a silver, here on Saturday. Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi […]
Hyderabad: Wrestlers from Karimnagar, who were part of the State team competing in the State wrestling championship in Gonda, were in for a pleasant surprise when they met the Olympic silver medallist Ravi Dahiya, Bajrang Punia and Deepak Punia. Wrestlers from Karimnagar Purna Sai Akhil, Mukulothu Mounika, P Sirisha, CH Mounika, B Rajeshwari represented the […]
The Tokyo Olympics participants, including medallists like Chopra, PV Sindhu and Mirabai Chanu, were present during the 75th Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort.
"I did not come to Tokyo for a silver medal. It will not give me satisfaction. Maybe this time I deserved only a silver because Uguev was a better wrestler today," Dahiya said
Uguev dominated the match and didn't give any chance to the Indian grappler to come out with flying colours as India lost the chance to win its first gold medal in wrestling.
Competing in the Round-of-16 bout against the Colombian wrestler, the 23-year-old Dahiya, who is making his Olympic debut at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba, showed no nerves as he dominated the bout to win by technical superiority (13-2).
