Tribune Information Service
Chandigarh, August 4
Ravi Kumar Dahiya of Nahri village in Sonepat district will return from Tokyo with not less than a silver after he turned the second Indian wrestler to enter the ultimate on the Olympic Video games.
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The 23-year-old made it to the ultimate of the 57kg freestyle occasion when he overturned a large deficit of seven factors, having being 2-9 down in opposition to Kazakhstan’s Nurislam Sanayev within the semifinals. Dahiya, a bronze medallist on the 2019 World Championships, fought again fiercely to first scale back the deficit to 7-9 after which managed to pin down Sanayev to win by fall. Dahiya will combat the reigning world champion Zavur Uguev of the Russian Olympic Committee within the last on Thursday.
Dahiya later stated he was not comfortable that he had conceded such an enormous result in Sanayev, whom he has crushed twice previously. The environment on the chopal of Nahri village — round 18km from Sonepat — was electrical by way of the day after Dahiya took to the mat for his first bout. Near 500 folks of two panchayats, Nahri and Nahra, have been watching his progress to the ultimate on an enormous display and dancing to the beat of the dhol after each victory. His father Rakesh Dahiya, a farmer, and mom Urmila Devi, a housewife, have been overwhelmed by their son’s success and the large assist. “The entire village and the nation needs Monu (Ravi) to win the gold. We pray to God that his arduous work bears fruit,” Rakesh Dahiya stated. The panchayats of Nahri and Nahra are well-known for producing wrestlers. Nahri is house to 2 Arjuna Award-winning wrestlers, Satveer Singh and Mahavir Singh, and two Olympians — Mahavir Singh (1980 Moscow) and Amit Kumar Dahiya (2012 London).
Our girls’s hockey group performed with grit and showcased nice ability. Pleased with the group.
The Indian males’s hockey group should make one last effort on the Tokyo Olympics once they play Germany for the bronze medal on Thursday morning. Manpreet Singh’s males would must be stronger within the midfield to thwart Germany’s assaults. Too many circle penetrations and penalty corners (14) conceded to Belgium had resulted in immense strain on their defence. TNS
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