Bajrang Punia one step away from medal

Bajrang Punia one step away from the medal: Poonia won the quarter-finals of wrestling, also the semi-finals today; The family members said – “laal dikhayega kamaal”

Wrestler Bajrang Punia, a medal contender for India in Tokyo Olympics, has won the quarter-final match. He won the Asian Championships bronze medalist Morteza Ghiasi of Iran in the 65 kg weight category. Bajrang is just one step away from the medal. He faces Haji Aliyev of Azerbaijan in the semi-finals. This match is to be played today. Aliyev is a Rio 2016 bronze medalist in 57kg and a 3-time world champion in 61kg.

Celebrations are already being held in the village of Bajrang, born in Jhajjar, Haryana. Father Balwan and mother Ram Pyari are confident that the son will return after winning gold. His villagers said after the quarter-final match that Lal will show wonders.

Bajrang made a tremendous comeback : Bajrang was at one point trailing 1-0 in the quarter-finals. After this, Bajrang got 2 points in the last minute. Then he threw the Iranian wrestler out of the match. Bajrang was declared the winner by the victory by fall rule.

Bajrang started the Olympics with victory.:He scored a technical victory over Kyrgyzstan’s Ernazar Akmataliev in the pre-quarterfinals today. Bajrang once took a 3-1 lead over the wrestler from Kyrgyzstan. In the second period, Bajrang tried to make a bet by holding Akmataliev’s leg, but missed the other leg as the other leg was not in hand. Akmataliev came back in the last few seconds and twice got 2 points out of the ring to Punia. After this the score was leveled at 3-3. At the end of the match, the result of the match was decided on who got the most points together. Bajrang had scored 2 points together. On this basis he was declared the winner.