Today is the 13th day of Tokyo Olympics 2020. Indian wrestler Ravi Dahiya defeated Kazakhstan’s Sanayev Nurislam in the semi-finals of the 57kg category to reach the final. With this, India’s fourth medal in the Tokyo Olympics has been confirmed. Dahiya is the first male Indian to win a medal this year. At the same time, Dahiya is the second Indian player after Sushil Kumar to win a silver medal in wrestling.
On the other hand, India’s star boxer Lovlina Borgohain had to be content with a bronze medal in the women’s welterweight category (69kg) after losing to reigning world champion Busenaz Surmenelli of Turkey. Against two-time World Championships bronze medalist Lovlina, making her Olympic debut, Busenaz dominated from the start and managed to register a unanimous 5-0 win.
Earlier, India’s star athlete Neeraj Chopra made it to the Group A qualification of the javelin throw event by securing an automatic qualification of 83.50m in his first attempt early this morning.
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