Indian Wrestlers Ravi Dahiya, Deepak Punia Storm Into Olympics Semis

Indian wrestlers Ravi Dahiya and Deepak Punia stormed into the semi-finals of the men's freestyle category after overpowering their opponents on Tuesday. Fourth-seeded Ravi defeated Bulgaria's Georgi Valentinov Vangelov by pure brute strength and agility at Mat A by 14-4. Meanwhile fighting on Mat C Deepak Punia edged China's Zushen Lin by 6-3 in a very closely contested match here at the



Makuhari Messe Hall A on Wednesday.

Second-seeded Deepak as expected got into a very cagey start against the Chinese wrestler in the 86kg section. The first half saw a minimum of action as the Indian took the lead by 1-0. Coming into the second half, Punia put his foot on the accelerator as he brilliantly managed to squeeze five points in comparison to three of Zushen.