World Wrestling Championship LIVE – Ravi Dahiya loses to Gulomjon Abdullaev: Ravi Dahiya’s gold medal hopes at the Wrestling World Championship has come to an end as he lost to Uzbekistan’s Gulomjon Abdullaev 0-10 in the pre-quarterfinals on Friday. The 24-year old Olympic Silver medallist who was the second seed in the 57kg category, began his World Wrestling campaign with a 10-0 win over Razvan Marian KOVACS but he was completely outplayed in the pre-quarters – Follow Indian Freestyle Wrestlers BOUTS LIVE with InsideSport.IN
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India’s fixtures
Bronze medal match
Naveen NAVEEN (IND) LOST TO Ernazar AKMATALIEV (KGZ) – 1-4
Second Round
57kg – Ravi Kumar (IND) LOST TO Gulomjon Abdullaev – 0-10
74kg – Sagar Jaglan (IND) BEAT Diego Antonio SANDOVAL ZARCO (MEX) – 15-4
First Round
57kg – Razvan Marian Kovacs (ROU) LOST TO Ravi Kumar (IND) – 0-10
74kg – Sagar Jaglan (IND) BEAT Mitchell Louis Finesilver (ISR) – 15-4
92kg – Vicky (IND) LOST TO Radoslaw Marcinkiewicz (POL) – 3-4
Meanwhile, Naveen Malik defeated Syrbaz Talgat in the 70kg repechage to qualify for the bronze medal tie. However he couldn’t go on to win the medal as he lost the Bronze medal contest. Vicky Hooda lost to Radoslaw Marcinkiewicz in the qualification match.
In the 74kg category, Sagar Jaglan won on technical superiority against Israel’s Mitchell Louis Finesilver 15-4. Jaglan was trailing 1-4 initially but he soon grabbed the legs of his opponent and rolled him over multiple times to clinch an easy victory in the end. Jaglan however lost in the quarterfinals to USA’s Kyle Douglas Dake 0-5. But the American made his way into the final, which has opened up another opportunity for the Indian to fight in the repechage and aim for the bronze medal. He will play his repechage on Saturday.
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