Ravi wins hat-trick of Asian Championship gold medals

Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya clinched his third straight Asian Championship gold medal with a dominating efficiency within the 57kg class, successful the title conflict by technical superiority in opposition to Kazakhstan’s Rakhat Kalzhan, right here on Saturday.

Ravi, the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist, conceded early lead in all his bouts, however as is his wont, bounced again in large trend to outsmart his rivals within the males’s freestyle occasion.

It was his second ultimate of the season, having gained a silver on the Dan Kolov occasion in February.

Ravi, who hails from Nahri village in Sonepat, but once more confirmed his immense bodily prowess and tactical superiority when he outsmarted Japan’s Rikuto Arai (VSU) and pulled off a complete 12-5 win over Mongolia’s Zanabazar Zandanbud en route the ultimate.

In the title conflict, Kalzhan moved forward with a take-down and for appreciable time didn’t let the Indian make any transfer. However, true to his type, Ravi started to dominate the bout together with his unmatched class.

He effected six consecutive two-pointers and in-between saved himself from a left-leg assault to complete the bout early within the second interval to safe India’s first gold medal of the match this 12 months.

Ravi had gained gold on the 2020 version in Delhi and in Almaty final 12 months.