Ecstatic over Ravi Dahiya's win, family breaks into celebrations
Jasleen Kaur
August 5th 2021 04:55 PM --
Updated:
August 5th 2021 05:01 PM
Ravi Kumar Dahiya, who has made his country proud by winning silver, was out of action in 2017 following an injury for more than a year. However, with his silver win in wrestling in the 57-kg freestyle category at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, he has made his country proud today.
Ravi Kumar Dahiya's career
Ravi Kumar Dahiya won the silver medal at the 2015 Junior World Wrestling Championship. In 2017, he had to deal with an injury that kept him out for more than a year. He made a comeback at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship in Bucharest, where he won a silver medal. Ravi Kumar Dahiya came 5th in the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championship in Xi’an. In the 2019 Pro Wrestling League, he went unbeaten representing the title winners Haryana Hammers. He bagged gold at the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Asian Wrestling Championship.
His Tokyo Olympics 2020 qualification
Ravi Kumar Dahiya qualified for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 after winning a bronze medal on his World Wrestling Championship debut in Nur Sultan. He defeated European champion Arsen Harutyunyan in the round of 16 before defeating 2017 world champion Yuki Takahashi in the quarterfinal. The quarterfinal win secured his qualification for the Olympics. In the semi-final, Dahiya lost to eventual gold medalist Zaur Uguev and settled for bronze. Ravi Kumar Dahiya was included in the Indian Government’s Target Olympic Podium Scheme in 2019.
-PTC News