A hard-fought win, but Deepak Punia made it look easy!

#Wrestling Men’s 86kg Freestyle Round of 16 #DeepakPunia has defeated Nigeria’s Ekerekeme Agiomor.

🇮🇳 12-1 🇳🇬#Tokyo2020 | 📸: @wrestling pic.twitter.com/1fzG4zqPor

— The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) August 4, 2021

Remember how in Dangal, the elder Phogat sister would go from one place to another and fight with bigger and better opponents and win money?

Deepak Punia's foray in to wrestling was through the same - he took on kids who were 30 kgs heavier than him and thrashed them 🙏 pic.twitter.com/HDEZE1NQhN

— Aniket Mishra (@aniketmishra299) August 4, 2021