Wrestling News

At 2019 World Wrestling Championships, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Men's Freestyle - 57 kg
[R1] Ravi Kumar Dahiya (IND) bt Sunggwon Kim (KOR) by VSU, 11 - 0
[R2] Ravi Kumar Dahiya (IND) bt Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM) by VSU1, 17 - 6
[QF] Ravi Kumar Dahiya (IND) bt Yuki Takahashi (JPN) by VPO1, 6 - 1

[SF] Ravi Kumar Dahiya (IND) l Zavur Uguev (RUS) by VPO1, 4 - 6

Men's Freestyle - 65 kg
[R1] Bajrang Punia (IND) bt Krzysztof Bienkowski (POL) by VPO1, 9 - 2
[R2] Bajrang Punia (IND) bt David Habat (SLO) by VPO, 3 - 0
[QF] Bajrang Punia (IND) bt Jong Chol Son (PRK) by VPO1, 8 - 1

[SF] Bajrang Punia (IND) l Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ) by VPO1, 9 - 9

Bajrang Punia and Ravi Kumar Dahiya qualify for the Tokoyo Olympic after reaching the semi-finals in on-going Worlds ... But our both, Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya, lost their semifinal bouts ... Bajrang lost his semifinal bout against home wrestler Daulet Niyazbekov under controversial circumstances ... Since Niyazbekov was given a bigger throw of four points in the bout, he was declared the winner ... In this controversial bout, the referee gave ample time to tiring Niyazbekov to catch his breath and he was not given warning at least thrice ... Instead, the home wrestler was awarded four points when they should have gone to Bajrang for effecting that throw at the edge of the circle.

Ravi Kumar lost his semifinal bout 4-6 to reigning world champion Zaur Uguev from Russia ... Before that, he gave an impressive performance as he scored stunning wins over Arsen Harutunyan, the 61kg European champion from Armenia and 2017 world champion and world number three Yuki Takahashi of Japan.