Tokyo Olympics Wrestling LIVE: Big judgment day for Indian Wrestlers, 3 medal prospects Deepak Punia, Ravi Dahiya, and Anshu Malik in action- follow live updates

Tokyo Olympics Wrestling LIVE: It will be a huge day for the Indian wrestlers at the Tokyo Olympics as Deepak Punia, Ravi Dahiya, and Anshu Malik will be in action on Day 4 of Wrestling in Tokyo Olympics. Deepak Punia is set to take on Nigeria’s Ekerekeme Agiomor in the 86 kgs weight category, Ravi Dahiya will lock horns with Colombia’s Oscar Eduardo Tigreros Urbano, and Anshu Malik will face Belarus’ Iryna Kurachkina in the 57 kgs weight category- Follow Latest Updates on wrestlingtv.in and LIVE streaming on SONY LIV

Ravi Dahiya and Deepak Punia get really good draws. I really wouldn’t be surprised if Ravi makes the 57kg freestyle wrestling final and Deepak gets to the semis in 86kg freestyle. They’ve got a bit of luck. No one to blame if they don’t make it count. pic.twitter.com/mmNGgBNvAP

— jonathan selvaraj (@jon_selvaraj) August 3, 2021

Tokyo Olympics Wrestling LIVE: Big judgment day for Indian Wrestlers, 3 medal prospects Deepak Punia, Ravi Dahiya, and Anshu Malik in action- follow live updates

• Deepak Punia (IND) vs Ekerekeme Agiomor (NGR) (86 kgs)
  In the 86kg category Deepak Punia is seeded second behind Iranian Hassan Yazdani. Punia will be competing in the freestyle 86kg category event.

He was the silver medallist in this category at the 2019 World wrestling Championship and secured his berth for the Olympics. He has been in great form in recent times by winning a silver medal at the 2021 Asian Championships.

Ekerekeme Agiomor is the only male wrestler that is representing Nigeria. He won the men’s 79 kgs event in the African Championships in 2018 in Nigeria, bronze in both 2019, and 2020 in Tunisia and Algeria respectively.

“No one (Nigerian) has ever won a medal at the Olympics in wrestling, which is a challenge to me and a challenge to the whole team. I’m going to Tokyo to do my best and I am positive of finishing on the podium,” he said to The Punch.

Tokyo Olympics Wrestling LIVE: Big judgment day for Indian Wrestlers, 3 medal prospects Deepak Punia, Ravi Dahiya, and Anshu Malik in action- follow live updates

• Ravi Dahiya (IND) vs Oscar Eduardo Tigreros Urbano (COL)
  Ravi Kumar Dahiya will be competing in the freestyle 57kg category event. He won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in the 57kg category and qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.

Having recently won 2 golds at the Asian Wrestling Championships, Almaty, 2021, and in New Delhi, 2020, Ravi Kumar Dahiya had beaten European Champion Arsen Harutyunyan in the round of 16 and Japan’s Yuki Takahashi in the quarterfinals to earn a place in the Tokyo Olympics

Eduardo Tigreros’ big break came when he won the silver in the men’s 57 kgs Pan American Championships in 2019.

Since then, he finished 9th in the World Championships in Kazakhstan in 2019. Most recently, he ranked 8th in the Pan American Championships held in Canada in 2020. His brother John Fredy has competed in Greco-Roman wrestling at the national level in Colombia.

Tokyo Olympics Wrestling LIVE: Big judgment day for Indian Wrestlers, 3 medal prospects Deepak Punia, Ravi Dahiya, and Anshu Malik in action- follow live updates

• Anshu Malik (IND) vs Iryna Kurachkina (BLR)

Anshu Malik will be competing in the women’s freestyle 57kg category event at the Tokyo Olympics. She is just 19-years-old, and her gold medal finish at the 2021 Asian Championships holds her in a good state for the Tokyo Olympics.

Her father Dharamvir and uncle Pawan Kumar have represented India in wrestling, while her brother Shubham has competed at cadet level in India.

Iryna Kurachkina is coming to the Olympics after winning gold in the European Championships, 2021 held in Poland. In 2020, she finished 3rd in the European Championships held in Italy.

She finished 3rd in the World Championships in Kazakhstan. She originally was involved in athletics but was forced to give it up due to an Achilles tendon injury. After surgery and recovery, she was encouraged to switch to wrestling by coach Olga Zemtsova

Where can you watch Tokyo Olympics wrestling matches live?

Tokyo LIVE Broadcast  – Tokyo LIVE Streaming in India: Tokyo LIVE Broadcast  – Tokyo LIVE Streaming in India: The official broadcaster of Tokyo Olympics in India Sony Sports Network will be bringing a grander & mega-broadcast of the Olympics on our television screen. Sony will broadcast the Olympics live on 5 network channels & 4 languages. Live-action of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 starts 23rd July to 8th August 2021 on SONY SIX, SONY TEN 1, SONY TEN 2, SONY TEN 3 AND SONY TEN 4 channels. Besides this SonyLIV will LIVE Stream the Olympic Games – Follow LIVE Updates of Olympics on wrestlingtv.in

Tokyo Olympics Wrestling India: TV Coverage of Tokyo Olympics in India:

DD National will be covering Tokyo Olympics events on TV along with Sony.

Tokyo Olympics Wrestling LIVE Streaming details & all other details – All Tokyo Olympic Wrestling Matches will be Live Streamed on SonyLIV in India & Follow them LIVE on wrestlingtv.in