Belgrade, September 16 (agency)
Indian Olympic silver medalist Ravi Dahiya crashed out of the medal race at the World Championships Wrestling after losing to Uzbekistan’s Gulomjon Abdulaev in the 57kg qualification round here on Friday. Naveen, on the other hand, entered the bronze medal match by defeating world number four Sirbaz Talgat of Uzbekistan 11-3 in the opening round of 70kg repechage. World number two wrestler Dahiya lost to Abdulaev by technical superiority (0-10) in a one-sided match. Whereas, Naveen’s victory
This directly propelled them into the bronze medal match, as their next round opponent, Ilyas Bekbulatov, could not play due to injury.
