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Wrestler Ravi storms into final; 'Truly a role model for young ensures India 4th medal women in India' NEW DELHI, AUG NEW DELHI, AUG not be overawed by the oc- 04: Ravi Kumar Dahiya be- 04: Lovlina Borgohain won casion." came only the second In- the Tokyo Olympic bronze BFI president Ajai Singh dian wrestler to qualify for medal after losing the semi- with Lovlina Borgohain the final at the Olympic final to reigning world Borgohain is the third In- Games, when he sensation- champion Busenaz dian boxer to ensure a ally turned around the 57kg Surmeneli of Turkey podium finish at the show- semi-final bout by pinning Lovlina Borgohain's piece after Vijender Singh Kazakhstan's Nurislam "dogged determination" (2008) and M C Mary Kom Sanayev, in Tokyo, on drew all-round praise as the (2012) and Boxing Federa- Wednesday. country raised a toast to the tion of India (BFI) presi- Before Dahiya, who is son young boxer for winning a dent Ajay Singh hailed her of a Haryana farmer, Sushil bronze medal in her maiden as a "future World Cham- Kumar was the only Indian Olympic Games. pion" and a "role model". to make the gold medal Borgohain (69kg) signed "Meet our future world bout at the 2012 London off with a bronze medal after Games, but had to settle for champion @LovlinaBorgo- a 0-5 loss to reigning world a silver. hai. So proud of this young champion Busenaz The fourth seed Indian 23-year-old women. She Surmeneli on Wednesday, trailed 2-9 after Sanayev ef- fought the best boxer in the fected a few 'fitley' (leg bringing an end to the coun- world with grit and deter- lace), but as the clocked try's boxing campaign in mination and earned the ticked away, Dahiya re- Kazakhstan's Nurislam silver in 2012 at the London Chiba, Japan, on Wednes- Tokyo and adding a third first Olympic boxing medal grouped and got hold of his Sanayev. Games that made him In- day. Photograph: Mandi medal to its overall tally. for India after 9 years. Truly opponent with a double leg Mahindra Manulife Flexi dia's only athlete with two Wright-USA TODAY "...With your hard work a role model for young attack that resulted in a 'vic- Cap Yojana NFO. Invest individual Olympic medals. Sports and dogged determination, women our country," he tory by fall'. Across Multicap Stocks. In- The feat since then has Wrestler Deepak Punia you have done the nation #Tokyo2020," Prime Min- Jay Shah wrote: "Congrat- tweeted. Despite a huge deficit, vest Now now been matched by shut- will fight for bronze medal proud. Your Bronze medal ister Narendra Modi ulations @LovlinaBorgohai Vijender wrote: "And it's Dahiya did not panic, show- Even in his previous tler PV Sindhu. after he was outclassed by in boxing at the Olympics tweeted. for the Bronze medal. Being bronze in boxing. Proud of ing tremendous mental bouts Dahiya was domi- In the same 2012 edition formidable American Games will inspire the "Lovlina, you gave your a debutant your phenome- you #LovlinaBorgohain." strength and dramatically nant. The 23-year won both of the Games, Yogeshwar David Morris Taylor in the youth, especially young best punch! India is ex- nal bout at @Tokyo2020 is Former sportspersons, turned the bout his way. his previous contests on Dutt won a bronze. 86kg semi-finals. women, to battle with chal- tremely proud of what you an inspiration for many. including cricketers, also After the end of the first technical superiority en Sakshi Malik became the It was always going to be a lenges and turn their have achieved! You've This is just the beginning, took to the social media to period, Dahiya had a 2-1 route the final. first Indian woman wrestler herculean task for Deepak dreams into reality," Presi- achieved a Third place you have long way to go. wish the boxer from Assam. lead but Sanayev came pre- Dahiya outclassed to win an Olympic medal to trouble the American, dent Ram Nath Kovind medal in your first #Boxing #Cheer4India." "There is no doubt that Colombia's Tigreros Ur- when she took a bronze in the 2018 World and reign- pared and attacked the In- wrote on his Twitter handle. Olympics; the journey has India's lone individual the Turkish World Cham- dian's left leg, getting a bano (13-2) in his opener the 2016 Rio Games. ing Pan-American cham- The 23-year-old's bronze just begun! Well done Olympic gold medallist Ab- pion Busenaz was a supe- good grip and turned him and then outwitted Bul- This could well be a wa- pion. came after weightlifter @LovlinaBorgohai," Sports hinav Bindra also congrat- rior boxer. There is also no thrice to log six points in a garia's Georgi Valentinov tershed Games for Indian It was hardly a contest as Mirabai Chanu and shuttler Minister Anurag Thakur ulated Borgohain for her doubt that @LovlinaBorgo- jiffy. Vangelov (14-4). wrestling with both Vinesh Taylor effected one move PV Sindhu had secured a tweeted. "stellar run" at the hai gave it her all. Congrats Suddenly Dahiya's lead He is now only the fifth Phogat and Bajrang Punia after another to win by silver and bronze respec- on your bronze medal was gone and he was star- Indian wrestler to have won also in contention. technical superiority in the Former sports minister Olympics and shared his tively. Kiren Rijiju wrote: "Dear thoughts in a letter posted Lovlina. You have so much ing at a defeat. But his supe- an Olympic medal, after KD Wrestler Deepak loses first period itself. "Well fought @Lovlin- rior stamina and technical Jadhav, Sushil Kaumar, Yo- semi-final, to fight for Deepak could make only @LovlinaBorgohai, you on twitter. to be proud of," former In- aBorgohai! Her success in have made our country "To achieve a milestone dia hockey player Viren prowess was still at work. geshwar Dutt and Sakshi bronze one move on counter attack the boxing ring inspires The remaining one minute Malik. India's Deepak Punia is but the American did not proud! Hearty congratula- of such difficulty while Rasquinha tweeted. several Indians. Her tenac- tions on winning Olympic making your debut at the Former India cricket cap- was enough for him to turn Jadhav was India's first pinned down by David give the Indian any chance ity and determination are the tide and he did it in wrestler, and also the first Moris Taylor of the United to convert that into points. Bronze medal! We are ex- grandest sporting event in tain Sachin Tendulkar said, admirable. Congratulations tremely proud of your the world is nothing short "With your commitment style. individual Olympic medal- States during the Olympics The 22-year-old Deepak to her on winning the list, when he won a bronze men's Freestyle (86kg) had earlier made the most achievement!" of incredible. It speaks vol- and hard work, I am sure He got hold of Sanayev Bronze. Best wishes for her during the 1952 Helsinki semi-final of an easy draw by getting Wishing Borgohain for umes of your immense grit things will only get better with a double leg attack and future endeavours. then gripped him tightly, Games. IMAGE: I India's Deepak past Nigeria's Ekerekeme her success, BCCI secretary and belief in your skills and from here." had the Kazkahstan After that, Sushil Kumar Punia is pinned down by Agiomor, the African wrestler's back on the mat enhanced wrestling's pro- David Moris Taylor of the Championships bronze and finished the bout with file by winning a bronze at United States during the medallist by technical su- a might 'pin'. the 2008 Beijing Games Olympics men's Freestyle periority and then prevailed Sindhu sets sights on World Championships India's Ravi Kumar and bettered the hue of the (86kg) semi-final, at 6-3 over China's Zushen Dahiya in action against medal by claiming a historic Makuhari Messe Hall in Lin in the quarter-finals. NEW DELHI, AUG 04: ‘The last five years have been great, it has been a lovely journey. There have been lots Neeraj Chopra in Javelin final of ups and down but I have learnt a lot, experienced a lot, improved a lot.’ Badminton player PV with first throw; Shivpal out Sindhu shows off her bronze NEW DELHI AUG 04: medalist on her arrival from India's Neeraj Chopra re- the Tokyo Olympic Games on acts after his first attempt in Tuesday. the Olympics men's Javelin The feeling hasn't yet sunk Throw qualification round in, said P V Sindhu on be- at Olympic Stadium, in coming the first Indian Tokyo, on Wednesday. woman to claim two Olympic Star javelin thrower medals, but she has already Neeraj Chopra kept India's figured the next target for hopes of an elusive herself -- defending her world Olympics medal from track championship crown in and field alive by earning di- Spain later this year. rect qualification into the fi- The 26-year-old on Sunday nal with a stunning throw of became only the second In- 86.65 metres that saw him dian and first woman from finish on the top of Group A the country to win back-to- and B, in Tokyo, on back Olympic medals after Wednesday. she added a bronze medal to Competing in his first the silver that she had won Olympics, the 23-year-old five years back at Rio. "It is definitely yet to sink at Huelva, Spain. to this pandemic and we got monwealth Games and needed just a few seconds to The uncertainty around into a lockdown...but I Asian Games in 2018, a gold make it to the final round, to in but I am enjoying the mo- ment. It is a dream come true the Olympics due to the utilised the time to work on and a silver at the BWF be held on Saturday, send- COVID-19 pandemic and the my skills and technique. World Tour Finals and cap- ing the spear well past the ahead of gold medal Finland's Lassi Etelatalo This was Chopra's sev- for anyone. These are the mo- favourite and 2017 World also advanced to the final as enth best throw and third ments that you will remem- cancellation of tournaments "...it was challenging to turing an unprecedented two qualifying mark of 83.50 had made things difficult as maintain fitness and be men- bronze, two silver and finally metres with his first throw. champion Johannes Vetter an automatic qualifier with a best of the 2021 season. ber forever," Sindhu said dur- of Germany. first round throw of 84.50 His earlier six best throws ing an interaction here. Sindhu had no way to test the tally strong and physically the world championship Shivpal Singh, the other changes that she had made in strong and going into crown in 2019. Indian in the fray, failed to Vetter, who had earlier metres.Those who attained are 88.07m (March 2021; "It is a huge thing for me to said Chopra will find it the 83.50 metres mark, or Indian GP-3), 88.06m win back-to-back medals at her game in match situa- Olympics, we needed to take "The last five years have make it through from Group tions. care of ourselves while stay- been great, it has been a B later in the day. tough to beat him in the the 12 best performers, (2018, Asian Games), Olympics. I am sure it will in- Tokyo Games, struggled qualified for Saturday’s fi- 87.87m (January 2020; spire others and take sports However, Sindhu kept ing in the bubble. lovely journey. 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In his first throw Shivpal "I had promised earlier and we have be careful about "(The) 2016 Olympics was attained a distance of 76.40 The 28-year-old towering body, Chopra left the Diamond League) and lined up. Soon I will go back German, who came into the Olympic Stadium arena af- 86.79 (June 2021; Kuortane to practice and I just want to that you will see some new it and maintain it all the very different, it was my first metres. His next throw was skills and strokes and I am time." Olympics, there was no ex- 74.80m, less than the first. Tokyo Olympics after hav- ter his first throw, having se- Games in Finland). play well and give my best. ing seven monster throws of cured his place in the final The reigning Asian There is also the World happy I could show those at Her journey from being an pectations. It was a medal to A distance of 76.40m in his the Olympics. I'm thankful to underdog at Rio, who tran- remember because it third attempt was not 90m-plus between April easily. Games and Commonwealth Championship in Spain and and June, was lying in sev- The Indian athletics con- Games gold medallist was I hope to do well. my coach Park (Tae-sang), scended all expectations by changed my life. This time enough to get him to the fi- we worked hard a lot on the claiming India's first ever sil- there were a lot of expecta- nal. He placed 12th in enth position after his first tingent, including Athletics short on preparation in the "I will definitely play 2024 two throws but eventually Federation of India presi- run-up to the Olympics, Paris Olympics but there is a technique." ver, to her emergence as a su- tions, and getting a bronze is Group B, which had 16 con- Asked if it was challenging perstar of Indian badminton, again different. tenders. qualified for the final in sec- dent Adille Sumariwalla with just three international lot of time. Now I am just try- ond place. and Klaus Bartonietz, the events, out of which only ing to cherish the moment." mentally given the uncer- the last five years have been "Back then, I was a normal Chopra's performance tainty that marred the build nothing short of a dream. girl going to Olympics but will go down as one of the India's Shivpal Singh bio-mechanics expert in one had a top-class field -- The World Championship, competes in the men's charge of Chopra, cheered Kuortane Games -- where which was postponed due to up to Olympics, Sindhu said: Sindhu hopped from one this time, everyone wanted best by an Indian at the "I'm sure it was, because lot big-ticket event to another me to win. So there was lot Olympics, as he finished Javelin Throw qualification from the almost empty Vetter took the gold and he the pandemic, is scheduled to on Wednesday. stands. finished third. be held from December 12-19 of people were affected due winning silvers at the Com- more pressure this time.”