India Gets Second Silver Medal Through Ravi Kumar Dahiya

• ByAyushi Ray     |    August 5, 2021

Ravi Kumar Dahiya confirmed a medal yesterday when he went on to the finals of Men’s 57 kg Wrestling category. He was the best and brightest hope for India to win a gld. But the opponent, ROC’s Zaur Uguev, was too fast and too defensive for Ravi. In the first round, Zaur scored 2 points which was equalized by Ravi, but he started trailing by a 4-2, at the second round teh difference increased to 7-4. Ravi gave his all, and did what he could do, but as it turns out it was not his “golden” day. 

This is India’s fifth medal overall, and second for the day, the first one was brought by Indian Men’s Hockey Team who defeated Germany in a neck to neck tussle of 5-4. Ravi Dahiya is the reigning Asian Champion in the men’s 57kg freestyle category and a bronze medallist at the 2019 World championships. He was silver medallist at the U23 World Championship in 2018 and heading into the Games reached the final and won a couple of ranking series in 61 kg. Though it is Silver, Ravi has today rewritten history and included himself in the brackets of Susil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutta. 

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