(Wrestling news) Olympics 2021 Live Update: The world championship bronze medalist in the freestyle 57kg category started off the match very brightly, as he won 2 points in the first minute but the Columbian Oscar Tigeros quickly made a comeback and pegged the score back to 2-2 in the first half. The story of the second half was completely different as Ravi Kumar Dahiya showed his superior wrestling skills and completely out maneuvered his opponent to win by a technical superiority decision 13-2.

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Ravi Kumar Dahiya now progresses to the quarterfinals where he faces the bronze medalist from the European Wrestling championship, Georgi Vangelov of Bulgaria. Ravi would be hoping to continue his good form and win the first wrestling medal at Tokyo.