Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Deepak Punia loses semifinal against USA's Taylor, to fight for bronze now

Deepak Punia in action during Tokyo Olympics. Pic/AFP

Deepak Punia suffered a 10-0 loss in the semifinals of the men's freestyle 86kg category against USA's David Taylor in the Tokyo Olympics at the Makuhari Messe Hall A.

Taylor defeated Punia and will now contest for either silver or gold on August 5. Punia was nowhere in the contest and Taylor made light work of the match, and he easily wrapped up the game. Earlier, India grappler Ravi Kumar Dahiya stormed into the finals of the men's freestyle 57kg category at the Tokyo Olympics after defeating Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev in the semi-finals at Makuhari Messe Hall A, Mat B. The Indian wrestler won by fall.

Dahiya will now contest the finals on August 5 and he is the first to enter the final since Sushil in 2012. In the first period, Ravi Dahiya managed to take a 2-1 lead and in the second period, the pressure was entirely on Sanayev. He did make a comeback, but Dahiya held on and took the game.

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