Wrestler Bajrang Punia wins bronze medal on Olympic debut after defeating Daulet Niyazbekov
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Bajrang Punia
On his Olympic debut, India’s Bajrang Punia on Saturday claimed the bronze medal after defeating Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan 8-0 in the men’s freestyle 65kg final.
Bajrang was earlier outwitter by Rio Olympics bronze-winner Haji Aliev of Azerbaijan in the men’s freestyle 65kg semifinal on Friday.
Earlier, Ravi Dahiya became the fifth Indian wrestler to win an Olympic medal, after claiming the silver after losing in the men’s freestyle 57kg title clash 4-7 to reigning world champion Zavur Uguev.
KD Jadhav had become India’s first wrestler and also the first individual Olympic medallist when he won a bronze during the 1952 Helsinki Games.
After that, Sushil Kumar enhanced wrestling’s profile by winning a bronze at 2008 Beijing Games and bettered the colour of the medal by claiming a historic silver in 2012 at London Olympics that made him India’s only athlete with two individual Olympic medals for nine years.
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