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Bajrang Punia vs Daulet Niyazbekov Men's 65kg Wrestling Bronze Medal Match HIGHLIGHTS: Bajrang Punia Wins Bronze
Follow all the live updates as India wrestler Bajrang Punia eyes a bronze medal on Olympics debut today in Tokyo.
Bajrang Punia looks to become the sixth ever Indian wrestler to win an Olympic medal when he returns to the Makuhari Messe Hall for the bronze medal match of men’s freestyle 65kg event. The three-time medallist at world championships was the favourite of his event having entered the fray as the world No. 1 of his category.
He had a mixed outing on Friday as the Indian just about edged past his first-round opponent – Ernazar Akmataliev – to make the cut for the quarter-finals. He then relaunched his bid with backing his technical acumen to pin Morteza Cheka Ghiasi and storm into the semi-finals.
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M.L Khattar, Haryana CM announces 2.5 Cr. cash reward for Punia.
Bajrang Punia won by 8-0.
— News18 (@CNNnews18) August 7, 2021
M.L Khattar, Haryana CM announces 2.5 Cr. cash reward for Punia.
Bajrang Punia took to the mat for one last time in #Tokyo2020 today and gets the bronze medal in the 65 kg freestyle wrestling!!
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PM Modi Congratulates Bajrang Punia
Tokyo Olympics 2020: PM Modi spoke to Bajrang Punia and congratulated him on winning the Bronze medal. He lauded Bajrang for his determination and hard work that has led to this accomplishment.
A special moment for Indian wrestling!
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) August 7, 2021
Congratulations to Bajrang Punia for winning the Bronze at #Tokyo2020. You have distinguished yourself as an outstanding wrestler with untiring efforts, consistency and tenacity over the years. Every Indian shares the joy of your success!
A special moment for Indian wrestling!
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) August 7, 2021
Congratulations to Bajrang Punia for winning the Bronze at #Tokyo2020. You have distinguished yourself as an outstanding wrestler with untiring efforts, consistency and tenacity over the years. Every Indian shares the joy of your success!
PM Modi congratulates Bajrang Punia for winnig bronze medal.
Delightful news from #Tokyo2020! Spectacularly fought @BajrangPunia. Congratulations to you for your accomplishment, which makes every Indian proud and happy.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 7, 2021
In the other medal event, India's best bet in athletics, Neeraj chopra will be in action now. Catch our live coverage HERE
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A dominant perfromance by Bajrang there against Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhastan as he won the bout 8-0
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Bajrang Punia has beaten Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhastan 8-0 to win the bronze medal
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To two-pointer for Bajrang. Great show by the Indian in the bout. He has the upper hand in the bout now. He leads 6-0
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Bajrang leads his opponent 2-0 at the mid-game interval, he got the second point after he sent the Kazakh wrestler out of bounds.
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Bajrang Punia gets the first point of the bout courtesy the short clock.
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Some heavy physical action we are witnessing now with neither wrestlers giving an inch of space to their opponent
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Bajrang Punia and Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhastan are out on the mat and the bout begins
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So, ROC's Gadzhimurad Rashidov wins the first bronze medal of the Men's 65kg Freestyle wrestling beating Iszmail Muszukajev of Hungary
Who is Daulet Niyazbekov?
Daulet Niyazbekov is one of the most decorated wrestlers from Kazakhstan. He is a two-time World Championships medalist, which includes a silver at the 2019 edition. After winning his first bout, Niyazbekov was dominated in his quarterfinal by Aliyev. He lost 9-1. He is also ranked number three in the wolrd in this weight category
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The other Men's 65kg Bronze medal match between Iszmail Muszukajev and Gadzhimurad Rashidov will begin first. after the completin of this match Bajrang and his Kazakh opponent will begin their match.
Senegal's Adama Diatta, bottom, competes against Kazakhstan's Daulet Niyazbekov during their men's freestyle 65kg wrestling repechage match
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So, the repechage match is over and Bajrang Punia will be up against Daulet Niyazbekov in the bronze medal match after the latter beat Senegal's Adama Diatta 10-0
Hello everyone! Welcome to our live coverage of wrestler Bajrang Punia's men's 65kg bronze medal match as he hopes to emulate his mentor Yogeshwar Dutt who on a bronze on Olympics debut at 2012 London Games.
Bajrang Punia has one final chance at winning a medal in Tokyo today (Reuters Photo)
