Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Kumar Dahiya clinched gold medal for India in the men's freestyle 57 kg category at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 on Saturday (August 6).
He outclassed Nigeria’s Ebikewenimo Welson 10-0 in the final clash to bring India's ninth gold medal overall and fifth in wrestling. The Indian faced resistance from the Nigerian and took nearly two minutes to get his first point on the board. His lethal first move, however, got him eight points. He soon completed another take down to reach 10 points and take the bout by technical superiority.
This was Ravi Kumar Dahiya’s third straight win by technical superiority in the 2022 Games.
In mere 607 seconds, Ravi battered three wrestlers from three nations to cruise towards elusive gold.
This was Dahiya's maiden CWG medal in first attempt after he had missed the Games in Gold Coast four years ago due to an injury, which kept him away from the wrestling mat for more than a year. But ever since making a comeback in late 2018, the Haryana grappler has returned with a medal in more or less every senior-level competition he has taken a part in and the Birmingham Games wasn't different.
Pooja dazzles with bronze
Earlier, Pooja Gehlot bagged a bronze in women's 50kg freestyle wrestling. She stunned Scotland's Christelle Letchidjio Lemofack 12-2 and won the bout by technical superiority.
Pooja started her campaign against Scotland’s Christelle Lamofack Letchidjio 12-2 in her first Group A match and then Cameroon’s Rebecca Ndoto Mumbo forfeited the bout. In the quarters, She lost to Madison Parks of Canada.
