Ravi Dahiya News
It was a day of upsets at the men's wrestling selection triald for Paris Olympics as Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya got taste of defeat from the new crop of grapplers at SAI centre.
This loss is a big setback for Ravi Dahiya, who has been healing his knee injury. Maharashtra's Atish Todkar ended his dream to play in Asian Games, beating him 20-8.
Protesting wrestlers have written a strongly-worded letter to IOA president PT Usha, asking her to form a probe panel to investigate sexual harassment allegations on WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh while also listing down their other 3 demands
Protest Against WFI Chief: In a letter addressed to IOA President PT Usha, the wrestlers said they have been informed by several of their younger colleagues about the sexual harassment they faced at the hands of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The letter has been signed by five wrestlers including Tokyo Olympics medallists Ravi Dahiya and Bajrang Punia.
Here's a detailed introduction of WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh who has been accused of sexually harassing female wrestlers in the country, Read his profile here
On her return from the Commonwealth Games 2022, star Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik thanked the nation for their support and love.
The Commonwealth Games 2022 will get underway in Birmingham from Thursday (July 28) with the opening ceremony.
Deepak Punia (86kg) was also given a direct entry to the final, a move which the other wrestlers termed as unfair.
Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya beat Kazakhstan's Kalzhan Rakhat 12-2 (by virtual superiority) in the 57kg final of the Asian Wrestling Championships to grab gold medal.
Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra is expected to Rs 1 crore from BCCI while Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dhaiya and Lovlina Borgohain are also expected to attend the opening ceremony of IPL 2022.
Not only Bajrang but Ravi Dahiya, the Tokyo Games silver medallist, has also conveyed to the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) that he will prefer to train under Indian coaches instead of hiring a personal coach from abroad.
Andriy Stadnik is the husband of Maria, a four-time Olympic medallist and two-time world champion. It has been learnt that Bajrang has approached Stadnik and he is also keen to work with the elite Indian athlete.
Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was awarded the Major Dhaynchand Khel Ratna award on Saturday ( 13 November).
Mithali Raj is also in the list
35 athletes are picked for Arjuna Award
After a disappointing end to her campaign in the recently-concluded Tokyo Olympics, India's star grappler Vinesh Phogat was embraced with supporting words by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Delhi govt has decided to rename Ravi Dahiya's school after him.
The wrestler's school will now be called the 'Ravi Dahiya Bal Vidyalaya'.
Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary on Thursday (August 12) explained how India’s medal winners, despite having little resources, managed to defeat the best players of the world. They made it happen by relying on desi home-cooked food, rather than artificial health supplements. In these collection of pictures, we find out more about the Indian 'super food' and home-grown premier supplements.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, “I would like to congratulate Ravi on behalf of the Delhi Government and all the people of Delhi"
The Chief Minister went on to honour Ravi Dahiya with a shawl and gifted him a traditional mace as a memento
Ravi, 23, who brought a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, was not among the medal contenders in Tokyo, but he surprised everyone by winning a silver medal in his very first Olympics. However, he missed out on becoming the country's youngest Olympic champion in the 57kg final. Zee News spoke to Ravi's coach Praveen Dahiya on this topic, know what he said.
The minister also lauded some close finishes including the fourth place finish by golfer Aditi Ashok.
Thakur’s predecessor Rijiju praised the performances of all the athletes and reiterated that India will be a force to reckon with by the 2028 Olympics.
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