Page 4 - Wrestling

Staying away from mat for 20-25 days affected preparations: Bajrang Punia

Bajrang had skipped the Poland Open, last ranking event before Games, arguing that he needed training more than the points and headed to Russia, where he trained, also injured his right knee

Doctors advised to take rest but I preferred to train for Olympics: Punia

Bajrang Punia stated that no one gets more disappointed than an athlete after losing a game. The Indian wrestler bagged bronze through repechage in the men's freestyle 65 kg category.

Bajrang Punia will return from Tokyo with a bronze medal on Olympic debut

If his defence let him down in the semifinal against Hazi Aliev, Bajrang's smart attacking moves made him a 8-0 winner against Kazakhstan's Niyazbekov

Wrestler Deepak Punia's coach Gaidarov expelled from Tokyo Olympics

Punia's foreign coach Murad Gaidarov was on Friday expelled from the Tokyo Olympics for assaulting a referee

Wrestling: Bajrang ouwitted by Aliev, to fight for bronze; Seema out

Rio Olympics bronze-winner Aliev of Azerbaijan consistently attacked Bajrang's legs and twice got himself into position from where he could roll the Indian comfortably for easy two-point throws.

Wrestler Punia secures semifinal spot with stunning win over Iranian

Punia defeated Iran's Morteza Ghiasi by fall in the quarterfinal of the Tokyo Olympic Games men's 65kg event to secure a last-four berth

Wrestling: Seema Bisla loses 50kg opener to Hamdi at Tokyo Olympics

Debutant Indian wrestler Seema Bisla could not find a way to get out of the defensive trap of Tunisia's Sarra Hamdi and lost her 50kg opening round 1-3 at the Olympic Games here on Friday

Indian wrestling: Silver for Ravi, heartbreak for Punia and Vinesh in Tokyo

Sushil Kumar, who is now in jail on charges of a murder, is the only other Indian wrestler to have made the final at Olympics.

Congratulatory messages pour in for Olympic silver medallist Ravi Dahiya

Wrestler Ravi Dahiya's fighting spirit and tenacity got all round praise from the Indian sports fraternity on Thursday with the President and the Prime Minister leading the country in hailing his outstanding feat of winning a silver in the Tokyo Olympics. The 23-year-old Dahiya, competing in his maiden Olympic Games, settled for a silver after losing 4-7 to reigning world champion Zavur Uguev of Russian Olympic Committee in the men's freestyle 57kg title clash on Thursday. Dahiya became only the second Indian wrestler to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games after Sushil Kumar. "India is proud of Ravi Dahiya for winning the wrestling silver at #Tokyo2020. You came back into bouts from very difficult situations and won them. Like a true champion, you demonstrated your inner strength too. Congratulations for the exemplary wins & bringing glory to India," President Ram Nath Kovind said in a tweet. Congratulating Dahiya on his feat, PM Narendra Modi said in a tweet: "Ravi Kumar ...

Haryana announces Rs 4 crore reward for wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya

Dahiya bagged silver in men's 57 kg freestyle wrestling at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.

Tokyo Olympics Highlights: Ravi wins silver, men's hockey team bags bronze

India's men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, defeating Germany 5-4 to win the bronze.

Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Deepak Punia misses bronze by a whisker

The 22-year-old Indian is the son of a milk peddler in a Haryana village

Olympics: Wrestler Ravi Kumar loses in final, bags silver in 57kg freestyle

Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar won the silver medal in men's freestyle 57kg after losing to Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) Zavur Uguev

Vinesh Phogat loses in quarters, Anshu bows out after repechage defeat

Vinesh Phogat suffered a massive upset defeat at the Olympic Games after being pinned by Belarus' Vanesa Kaladzinskaya in the 53kg quarterfinals

From Sonipat to Tokyo, wrestler Ravi Dahiya's road to the Olympics final

Wrestler Ravi Dahiya was down and out. His opponent in the semifinal of the men's 57kg category, Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev, had just taken a 9-2 lead

Priyanka Gandhi hails wrestler Dahiya for reaching Olympics final

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday expressed her best wishes to grappler Ravi Kumar Dahiya as he stormed into the finals of the men's freestyle 57kg category at the Tokyo Olympics.In a tweet, she said the wrestler had made the country proud."All the best Ravi Kumar Dahiya! India is cheering for you. You have made us all very proud," she said.Dahiya stormed into the finals of the men's freestyle 57kg category at the Tokyo Olympics after defeating Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev in the semi-finals.Dahiya will now contest the finals on Thursday. He is the first Indian wrestler to enter the final since Sushil Kumar in 2012.

Ravi Dahiya: The quiet storm of Indian wrestling

On Wednesday, he became Indian wrestling''s new poster boy by reaching the Olympic final and his first reaction was, "Haan, theek hi hai bhaisahab"

Tokyo Olympics Highlights: Medal for Lovlina, Ravi; heartbreak in hockey

Neeraj Chopra's first throw was 86.65m, well beyond the qualification mark of 83.50m. Lovlina Borgohain signed off with a bronze, India women's hockey team lost to Argentina in semi-final

Olympics: Wrestler Deepak Punia loses semifinal, to fight for bronze now

Indian wrestler Deepak Punia will fight for bronze medal after he was outclassed by formidable American David Morris Taylor in the 86kg semifinals of the Olympic Games here on Wednesday. It was always going to be a herculean task for Deepak to trouble the American, the 2018 world champion and the reigning Pan-American champion. It was hardly a contest as Taylor effected one move after another to win by technical superiority in the first period itself. Deepak could make only one move on counter attack but the American did not give the Indian any chance to convert that into points. The 22-year-old Deepak had earlier made the most of an easy draw by getting past Nigeria's Ekerekeme Agiomor, the African championship bronze medallist by technical superiority and then prevailed 6-3 over China's Zushen Lin in the quarterfinal.

Tokyo Olympics: Medal assured as wrestler Ravi Dahiya storms into finals

Dahiya will now contest the finals on Thursday and he is the first to enter the final since Sushil in 2012.