On the 12th day of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, India bagged a bronze medal in wrestling after Bajrang Punia marched on to an easy win. Indian wrestler had completely overpowered the opponent and won the match quite comfortably.
Bajrang Punia who crushed Kazakhstan's Daulet Niyazbekov in the category of men's 65kg freestyle by 8-0 became the sixth Indian wrestler to win an Olympic medal.
In total, India has won seven Olympic medals in the sport including the bronze won by Bajrang Punia.
Bajrang Punia didn't give any scope for the opponent to win the match. Having the experience on how Daulet Niyazbekov plays given the fact that the duo fought with each other at the 2019 World Championships semis, Bajrang used it to win the match.
Bajrang Punia had started his Tokyo Olympics journey as one of the athletes on whom India had pinned a lot of hopes of bringing gold.
He had made it to the semis and everyone thought he would enter the finals. However, he lost the semis to Azerbaijan's Haji Aliyev.
Bajrang Punia who crushed Kazakhstan's Daulet Niyazbekov in the category of men's 65kg freestyle by 8-0 became the sixth Indian wrestler to win an Olympic medal.
In total, India has won seven Olympic medals in the sport including the bronze won by Bajrang Punia.
Bajrang Punia didn't give any scope for the opponent to win the match. Having the experience on how Daulet Niyazbekov plays given the fact that the duo fought with each other at the 2019 World Championships semis, Bajrang used it to win the match.
Bajrang Punia had started his Tokyo Olympics journey as one of the athletes on whom India had pinned a lot of hopes of bringing gold.
He had made it to the semis and everyone thought he would enter the finals. However, he lost the semis to Azerbaijan's Haji Aliyev.