Indian wrestlers Ravi Dahiya and Deepak Punia have made the semifinals of their respective categories by winning their semifinal bouts at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday. While Ravi defeated Bulgarian Georgi Valentinov 14-4 in men-s 57 kg freestyle event, Deepak outlasted Zushen Lin of China in men-s 86 kg category.
Ravi Kumar defeated Bulgaria-s Vangelov Valentinov 14-4 via technical superiority to reach the semi-final of the 57kg category and brighten up India-s hopes of a medal. Ravi Kumar will be in action later in the day in his semi-final bout.
He will be assured of a medal if he reaches the final, but Ravi can win the bronze even if he loses the semi-final. Ravi will meet a repechage winner in the semi-final, in case things don-t go his way in the last-four bout on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, world championship silver medalist and No. 3 seed, Deepak Punia reached the semi-final of Men's 86kg Freestyle, beating China's Zushen Lin 6-3. Deepak was in a spot of bother when he was level on points 3-3 with less than a minute to go on the clock.
Zushen would have won the bout had it remained 3-3 as he made the last scoring move. However, Deepak showed plenty of guts as he went for the Chinese wrestler's leg in the last 30 seconds and secured a touchdown in a dramatic fashion to win the bout.
Zushen came up with a challenge but it was not awarded and Deepak finished with an extra point.
Now let's see who wins the GOLD. For further updates, please follow Isports247.net!