Remember the name- Ravi Kumar Dahiya, his performance was just astonishing, remarkable, and most dominant by any Indian wrestler. India has won 4 medals till now but I think this medal will be remembered for a long time because it was just a one-man show he dominated that mat, opponents, and won a Silver medal for himself in Men’s freestyle 57kg weight category. Wrestling becomes one of the sport which always gives medals and yes lots of happiness to the nation. India has a stronghold in wrestling as in previous Olympics and commonwealth games wrestling is one of the sports which is always been consistently brings medal for India.
So today let’s discuss the hero of the nation Ravi Kumar Dahiya and how he won the medal for his country.
Ravi Kumar opening match was drawn against Colombian wrestler Oscar Tigreros and he started strong in a match he was quick in his moves, he was defending well and he won the match by 13-2 with technical superiority( Technical Superiority means when you lead by 10 points so you gain technical superiority and you won the match) and with this result he proceeded to quarter-finals and he came up against Bulgaria, Georgi Vangelov and he bosses his opponent and run the show as he won the match by 14-4 & again with Technical Superiority and with that win he proceeded to Semi-finals, and here big test is waiting for him and he came up against Kazakhstan, N. Sanayev. This round was vital for Ravi to qualify for the finals and make a sure medal for him but after some minutes it got proved that this match will not be a piece of cake like other matches. But he took advantage and take an early lead by 2-1, but after the second half Kazakhstan wrestler fight back and gave two quick reversals and earned 4 points and again he gave him reversal and stretches his lead to 7 points and at that time it was looking game over for Ravi but a minute and a half in hand he fights back he quickly earned 3 points and shorten the lead to 4 and then he pins down his opponent won the match by 7-9 with fall (Fall means when your opponents both shoulders are on the mat, with this you directly wins the match). And in the final, a big wall was standing in front of him whose name is Zaur Uguev and the match was played with high intensity as both wrestlers were in a mood to win the gold medal only. But I have to praise Uguev because whenever Ravi hunt for attacking and he finds Uguev in sacrificing position but suddenly Uguev turns that into his favor and won the points from Ravi Kumar, Uguev was taking a calculated risk and won the match by 7-4. And register a gold medal for himself while Ravi loses the match and he won Silver Medal. But the match was tight and anyone could win the match and kudos to Uguev but a big hearty congratulations to our Ravi Kumar Dahiya, he was just exceptional and you have to praise him as much you can.
And now it feels like many medals are coming, and India is certainly on a roll right now. And in the morning India Men’s hockey won the bronze and now we won silver, So yes it is a good outing for now.
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