: Wrestling: Ravi Kumar Dahiya becomes India's first three-time Asian champ #IndiaNEWS About a half-hour after Ravi Kumar Dahiya became India’s first-ever three-time Asian champion, fellow star Bajrang

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Wrestling: Ravi Kumar Dahiya becomes India's first three-time Asian champ #IndiaNEWS
About a half-hour after Ravi Kumar Dahiya became India’s first-ever three-time Asian champion, fellow star Bajrang Punia came up short in a bid to match the feat.Kumar, the silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, put on a takedown clinic in storming to a 12-2 technical fall over Rakhat Kalzhan (Kaz) in the freestyle 57kg final Saturday, the fifth day of the Asian Championships in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia). Punia was dealt a 3-1 loss by Rahman Amouzadkhalili (Iri) in the 65kg final as Iran captured three of the five gold medals at stake, with 2021 silver medalist Ali Savadkouhi (Iri) triumphing at 79kg and Mohammadhossein Mohammadian (Iri) at 97kg for his second Asian title.The remaining gold went to Taishi Narikuni (Jpn), who was appearing at his first international tournament in five years and came away with the 70kg title, which he hopes will lead to emulating his mother, a two-time world champion, later this year.Kumar completed a three-peat that started in 2020, and Saturday’s victory came with a quirk – in all three of his matches, he gave up the first points. But that hardly fazed him, as he became a whirlwind of motion and ended up averaging 13 points over the three bouts.“The tournament was very...Read more

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