Indian wrestlers qualify for Tokyo Olympics |
Indian wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya on Thursday qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics winning their respective quarterfinal matches in World Wrestling Championships at Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan. However, they lost their semi-final bouts in the men`s freestyle category. Bajrang lost his semi-final bout to the Kazakh wrestler Daulet Niyazbekov while Ravi Dahiya lost his match to reigning world champion Zaur Uguev from Russia. Earlier on Wednesday Indian star women wrestler Vinesh Phogat had already booked an Olympic quota for India in women`s 53 kilogram. She had scored an impressive 8-2 win over the world championship silver medalist to secure her place at the Tokyo Games.
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