Wrestlers Deepak Punia, Ravi Dahiya qualify for Tokyo Olympics semifinals
Indian wrestler Deepak Punia has stormed into the semifinals of the wrestling occasion within the Tokyo Olympics 2021.
According to the stories, Deepak Punia, who represented the nation within the freestyle 86kg class, defeat Chinese wrestler Zushen Lin by a 6-3 margin to enter the boys’s Freestyle 86kg wrestling semi-finals.
Two #IND wrestlers have made their method into the semi-finals! 💪Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Deepak Punia – take a bow 🙌🙌🙌#Tokyo2020 | #StrongerTogether | #UnitedByEmotion— #Tokyo2020 for India (@Tokyo2020hi) August 4, 2021
Deepak Punia will compete with USA’s David Morris Taylor in his semi-final bout.
Earlier, he had defeated Ekerekeme Agiomor of Nigeria within the quarterfinals. The semifinals will probably be held on August 5 (Thursday). Punia is only a victory in need of assuring a medal for the nation within the Tokyo Olympics 2021.
Besides Punia, India’s wrestler Ravi Dahiya additionally booked his place within the semi-finals after defeating 14-4 towards Georgi Vangelov of Bulgaria within the males’s freestyle 57kg wrestling quarterfinals.