Bajrang Punia units up Asian remaining towards nemesis Otogur, Ravi Kumar too advances Almaty

Bajrang Punia didn’t face a lot competitors whereas Ravi Kumar Dahiya was spectacular as the 2 Olympic-bound Indian wrestlers reached the finals of their respective classes on the Asian Championships right here on Saturday.
Also reaching the medal rounds have been Narsingh Pancham Yadav (74kg) and Satywart Kadiyan (97kg), who will battle for bronze after dropping their respective semifinals.
Bajrang had no issue in getting previous Korea’s Yongseok Jeong, who hardly attacked in his opening 65kg bout. His first scoring level was a take-down on counter and earned yet another for the passivity of his rival.
Next for him was Mongolia’s Bilguun Sarmandakh, whom he pinned to make sure his passage into the summit conflict.
He can be up towards his Japanese nemesis Takuto Otoguro, who appeared in supreme contact.
Bajrang had misplaced the 2018 World Championship title conflict and final 12 months’s Asian Championship remaining to the Japanese.Ravi Dahiya (57kg) returned to the mat after 12 months with a stable efficiency. He final competed at this occasion in New Delhi the place he had received gold.

He was sluggish off the blocks however grew to become his normal dominant self after the primary interval towards Uzbekistan’s Nodirjon Safarov in his opening bout. Once he bought into his rhythm, his strikes have been too scorching to deal with for his rival, as he received 9-2.
Ravi had so much left in his tank even in direction of the top whereas Safarov had misplaced his steam, making it simple for the Indians to attain factors.
Next he confronted Palestine’s Ali M M Aburumaila and he received on technical superiority. His title conflict can be towards Iran’s Alireza Nosratolah Sarlak, who was very spectacular via his run to the ultimate.
Kadiyan moved to the 97kg quarterfinals with a straightforward 8-0 win over Kyrgyzstan’s Arslanbek Turdubekov.
He scored two factors within the first interval with push out whereas the remaining via take-down strikes within the second as his rival hardly attacked. In the quarterfinal towards Uzbekistan’s Mukhammadrasul Rakhimov, he performed good to win 4-1.
He then confronted Iran’s Ali Khalil Shabanibengar and misplaced the semifinal by technical superiority in mere 25 seconds.Karan moved to the 70kg quarters with a hard-fought 3-1 win over Iran’s Amirhossein Ali Hosseini however misplaced the subsequent bout 0-6 to Syrbaz Talgat from Kazakhstan.