Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia beat Kazakhstan's Daulet Niyazbekov in his bronze medal match in the men's 65kg freestyle category in a one-sided game as he overcame his opponent's strong defence, again and again, to gain two-pointers one after another to give India their 6th medal of the Tokyo Olympics.
Bajrang gained an early lead of one point because of the activity clock and one more point in the first three minutes after he took Niyazbekov outside the circle. However, a 2-0 lead doesn't mean anything as it is just one move away.
Bajrang, however, was more threatening, more dominant in the second round. Overcoming his opponent's several attempts of defending his leg-hold, Bajrang didn't leave any chance and kept him at hbay and eventually won the match on points 8-0.
Bajrang had lost his semi-final bout to Azerbaijan's Haji Aliyev 5-12 and then had to go through the medal match bout to win the bronze.
With Bajrang's win, India have levelled their London 2012 medal tally following Mirabai Chanu's silver in weightlifting, Lovlina Borgohain's bronze in Boxing, PV Sindhu's bronze in Badminton women's singles, Indian men's hockey team's bronze and Ravi Kumar Dahiya's silver in wrestling.