'Don't Lose Heart' Say Fans As Ravi Kumar Dahiya Loses Gold Medal Match
Ravi Kumar Dahiya won the silver medal as he went down fighting against ROC's Zaur Uguev in the men’s freestyle 57kg category at the Tokyo Olympics.
The 23-year-old became only the second Indian to win a silver for India in wrestling at the Olympics, after legendary wrestler Sushil Kumar.
Ravi Kumar Dahiya gave a tough fight to the Russian wrestler. His opponent raced to 7-2 led and from there on it was always going to be difficult for Ravi to overturn the deficit. The Indian grappler got a couple of points but the Russian defended well to record a clinical victory.
Fans on Twitter cheered Ravi even after the loss and shared their thoughts on the social media platform. Here are some of the best tweets.
My god WHAT a fight!
Superb from both Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Zavur Uguev.#TeamIndia get a silver in wresting #Olympics | #Tokyo2020— Rupin Kale (@Vegansportlover) August 5, 2021
Oh god im crying.. what a try... Ravi.
What a game... He did everything... to win.. dint give up till the end.. #Olympics #Wrestling— Abhinandan Nahata (@cricketgyani_an) August 5, 2021
Well, Abhinav Bindra still stands alone...
— Kapil Choudhary (@kapil857) August 5, 2021
oh that hurts.....what a fighter ravi kumar dahiya, hold your head up high young man #Olympics #Tokyo2020 #Wrestling
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) August 5, 2021
Mirabai Chanu: / #Weightlifting
PV Sindhu: / #Badminton
Lovlina Borgohain: / #Boxing
Men’s Team: / #Hockey
Ravi Kumar Dahiya: / #Wrestling
5️⃣ medals for #IND - one more, and this will equal India’s best ever showing at an #Olympics #TeamIndia | #Tokyo2020— Yash Jha (@jhayash) August 5, 2021
Tell you what, it'll be heartbreaking when cricket makes the Olympics, and India doesn't win a medal.
And an altogether different high when they do.#Olympics— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) August 5, 2021
Not today but let's stand and applaud Ravi Kumar for a SILVER MEDAL that he WON #Tokyo2020
— Hari Priya CR (@cr_hariPriya) August 5, 2021
Superb achievement by #RaviKumarDahiya! You fought & damn nearly beat the 2-time reigning world champion & made him sweat bricks to the final second...that #Silver feels like #Gold! Just proud! #Wrestling #Tokyo2020 #TeamIndia #Cheer4India
— Abhinav (@abhinav_k316) August 5, 2021
Think of the silver lining
Ravi Kumar— Somdev Devvarman (@SomdevD) August 5, 2021
2004 - Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
2012 - Vijay Kumar and Sushil Kumar
2016 - PV Sindhu
2021 - Mirabai Chanu and Ravi Kumar Dahiya
All silver medalists at the Olympics, but each of their performances shall remain etched in our heads forever
Well fought, Ravi— Aniket Mishra (@aniketmishra299) August 5, 2021
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