Wrestling
Asian Wrestling Championships Round-Up: Ravi Dahiya wins first gold, Bajrang claims silver — HIGHLIGHTS
Ravi Dahiya (57kg) won India's first gold medal at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships. Bajrang Punia (65kg) settled for silver. Gourav Baliyan also bagged silver while Naveen and Satyawart took home bronze.
Ravi Dahiya and Bajrang Punia
On the penultimate day of the Asian Wrestling Championships 2022, Tokyo Olympic medallists Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Bajrang Punia (65kg) claimed gold and silver respectively to put India in good stead. Dahiya became the first Indian to win three gold medals from the continental event as well, winning in the 57kg category.
Gourav Baliyan (79kg) also featured in the finals but could only manage a silver.
Meanwhile, grapplers Satywart Kadiyan (97kg) and Naveen (70kg) fought for bronze medals and claimed them both, adding to the medal loot of India from the continental championships.
Here are the highlights:
Live Updates
- 23 April 2022 10:07 AM GMT
57 kg Freestyle bronze medal matches underway
All the matches are set to take place on Mat B. Starting with the bronze medal matches in 57 kg Freestyle. Mongolia and Japan battling it out for the first medal in this weight category.
Ravi would be warming up for his gold medal match, set to take place after this
- 23 April 2022 9:53 AM GMT
Ravi's gold medal match set to start
Ravi's final set to start soon, closely followed by Bajrang's final.
- 23 April 2022 8:15 AM GMT
India's campaign so far
10 medals have come India's way at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2022. But none of them gold.
- 23 April 2022 8:12 AM GMT
Ravi's path to the final
The Japanese was quick with his moves and initially troubled Ravi with his double-leg attacks which even took the Indian off his feet but once the Haryana wrestler got the measure of his rival, he dictated the terms in the bout.
Ravi not only found away to block Arai's attack but also got himself into position to find take-down moves from both sides as the Japanese did not have a plan 'B' to counter the in-form Indian.
Ravi kept consolidated his lead and eventually won by technical superiority.
- 23 April 2022 8:10 AM GMT
Medal Matches coming up
Medal matches coming up for India:
Gold
57kg - Ravi Dahiya🆚 Rakhat Kalzhan
65kg - Bajrang Punia 🆚 Rahman Mousa
79kg - Gaurav Balyan 🆚 Ali Bakhtiar
Bronze
70kg - Naveen 🆚 Temuulen Enkhtuya
97kg - Satywart Kadian 🆚 Zyyamuhammet Saparov
The order of matches will be according to weight category. Which means Ravi is in line to bring the first gold medal for the country at this event.
