Cricketing Fraternity Hails Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya As He Bags Olympic Silver Medal
Published - 05 Aug 2021, 08:09 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 05:55 PM
After Mirabai Chanu, PV Sindhu, and the Indian men’s hockey team, Ravi Kumar Dahiya has brought glory to the nation in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. Ravi Kumar Dahiya earned a silver medal in the men’s 57 kg freestyle event, albeit a loss to Russia’s Zavur Uguev in the decider. As a result, the cricketers could not hold their emotions back and felt proud of his achievements.
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Before Ravi Kumar Dahiya won the silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics, he won the Asian Championships and bagged the bronze medal at the 2019 World championships. The 23-year old was also the silver medalist in the U23 Championships in 2018, heading into the event and emerged victorious in a couple of ranking series in 61 kg.
Dahiya beat Colombia’s Oscar Eduardo and Bulgaria’s Gerogi Valentinov in the pre-quarterns and quarters, respectively by technical superiority. The semi-finals saw Ravi clash against Kazakhstan’s Nurislam Sanayev and bounced back after 2-9 to reach the final. However, Zavur Uguev defeated him convincingly in the final, with a scoreline of 4-7 to win the prestigious gold medal.
Hence, India‘s former and current cricketers could not contain their emotions as they congratulated Ravi Kumar Dahiya for becoming the second Indian silver medalist in wrestling after Sushil Kumar. Earlier, Mirabai Chanu won the silver medal in weightlifting, PV Sindhu snared bronze in Badminton, followed by the men’s hockey team doing the same.
Below is how the Indian cricketers reacted to Ravi Kumar Dahiya’s achievement in the Tokyo Olympics:
Congratulations #Ravikumar for silver medal ? #TokyoOlympics #Wrestling pic.twitter.com/95Wi7NLjYG
— Navdeep Saini (@navdeepsaini96) August 5, 2021
? Congratulations to Ravi Kumar on winning the Silver medal. ?? #Wrestling
— Jhulan Goswami (@JhulanG10) August 5, 2021
What a terrific come back to fight after getting bitten by fellow fighter, this show how #RaviKumarDahiya was a tough fighter & got Silver to india ?? Indeed a pride proud moment for ?? jai hind @vijaylokapally @manujaveerappa @ianuragthakur @Tokyo2020 https://t.co/TkoVoL5mKt
— Sunil Joshi | ?? ಸುನಿಲ್ ಜೋಶಿ (@SunilJoshi_Spin) August 5, 2021
You have made the country proud.. congratulations on winning the #silver?? #TeamIndia #TokyoOlympics2020 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/WjTo8nWLHn
— Gurkeerat Mann (@gurkeeratmann22) August 5, 2021
Thank you for giving us #silver we are proud of you #RaviKumarDahiya #Tokyo2020 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/zsCCb6W9rc
— Barinder Sran (@sranbarinder) August 5, 2021
Congratulations Ravi Kumar ??? #Olympics #Silver #TeamIndia #wrestling https://t.co/vgWXD9h4YS
— Veda Krishnamurthy (@vedakmurthy08) August 5, 2021
Congratulations #RaviDahiya on winning the #Silver medal. You put up a brilliant show champ! India ?? is proud of you. #Wrestling #Cheer4India #Tokyo2020
— Prasidh Krishna (@prasidh43) August 5, 2021
Congratulations #RaviKumarDahiya on a fantastic #Olympics debut by winning?
You're going to be an inspiration for many ?
Take a bow!#Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/WBZxyvZCIx— DK (@DineshKarthik) August 5, 2021
Haar ke bhi jeetne Wale Ko #Ravikumar kehten hai! Hard luck Ravi but you fought so bravely. We are all proud of you. You will do better definitely. #Olympics
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) August 5, 2021
Brilliant show Ravi Kumar Dahiya #Olympics #Silver Proud of you.
— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) August 5, 2021
He wrestled his heart out! Great performance!?? #RaviKumarDahiya pic.twitter.com/y9TzSBkVzz
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) August 5, 2021
जहां न पहुंचे कई
वहा पहुंचे रवि!!
Ravi Kumar Dahiya: Olympic Silver Medalist!?? #TeamIndia #Olympics #Wrestling #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/5AQQyJE3Ka— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) August 5, 2021
