Disappointing day for India in the Tokyo Olympics. As women’s hockey team had to face defeat against Britain. With this, his dream of winning a medal in the Olympics remained unfulfilled. At the same time, Seema Bisla lost in the women’s freestyle 50 kg. Whereas, wrestler Bajrang Punia has confirmed his place in the semi-finals of the 65kg freestyle category. He is a medal contender. India’s Gurpreet Singh, on the other hand, could not complete the men’s 50 km walk at the Olympics and withdrew due to convulsions caused by heat and humidity. So far five medals have come in India’s bag.
In the first round, the Iranian wrestler took one point and took a 1-0 lead over Bajrang. At the same time, Bajrang made a spectacular comeback in the second round with two points to take a 2-1 lead and won the match. With this, he made his place in the semi-finals. He will face Aliyev Haji of Azerbaijan to reach the final.
Men’s freestyle 65kg Bajrang Punia defeated Kyrgyzstan wrestler Arnazar Akmataliev to enter the quarterfinals. Bajrang won on the basis of an early lead. Now he will face Iran’s wrestler Ghiasi Cheka Mortaza. Bajrang Punia got off to a great start in the first round. He took a 1-0 lead. Then the wrestler from Kyrgyzstan scored a point and leveled the score at 1-1. Poonia then took two points to take a 3-1 lead over the wrestler from Kyrgyzstan. At the same time, in the second round, Kyrgyz wrestler Arnazar Akmataliev got one point after another to level the score 3-3. But Bajrang won on the basis of an early lead.
The country is expecting a medal from Bajrang. In the year 2019, Bajrang won the silver medal for the second time in the 65 kg freestyle event of the World Championships and qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. She tops her world ranking in the 65kg freestyle. In March this year, Bajrang returned to the Mateo Pelicone Ranking Series in Rome to win the gold medal by defeating Tulga Tumur Ochir of Mongolia. He had secured the world number 1 position in the 65 kg division of wrestling.
