The second last day of the New Delhi bound Asian Wrestling Championships will witness one of India’s biggest bet Ravi Dahiya fight a formidable opponent in Japan’s Yuki Takahashi.
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The duo will meet in the 57kg category quarterfinal round. Takahashi, who won the Asian and World Championships gold in 2017, will be meeting Dahiya again after denying him bronze in the Asian Championships last year in China.
65kg
India’s biggest hope for an Olympic medal in Tokyo, Bajrang will open his title Asian Championships defence against Tajikistan’s Dzhamshed Sharifov in the 65kg qualification round scheduled for 11:30 am in the morning. He may also meet the formidable Daulat Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan in the final if there are no major upsets. Niyazbekov had defeated Bajrang
70kg
Home team wrestler Naveen will start his day against Taejin Jon of South Korea in the quarterfinals.
79kg
Youngster Gaurav Baliyan, who had shot to fame after defeating Asian Championships medallist Parveen Rana in the finals of Wrestling National Championships in Jalandhar last year, will take on Mongolia’s Batsul Damjin in the quarterfinals
97kg
The 2019 Asian Championships bronze medallist Satywart Kadian will be facing Jordan’s Zaid Hussain Mohamed Haroun Shishani, who had won gold at the Arab Championships last year, in the quarterfinal round.
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