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Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Deepak Punia loses in bronze medal match
India's Deepak Punia gave a good account of himself at the Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Deepak Punia loses in bronze medal match

Aug 05, 2021
05:12 pm

What's the story

Indian wrestler Deepak Punia lost the bronze medal match at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Punia lost the men's 86kg freestyle bronze medal match by a 4-2 margin. He was beaten by San Marino's Myles Amine to miss out on a medal at the Olympics. Just earlier, Ravi Kumar Dahiya (57kg) settled for a silver medal. Here's more.

Punia

Punia's journey at the 2020 Tokyo Games

Notably, Punia lost the semi-final bout against USA's David Morris Taylor in the men's 86kg freestyle wrestling on Wednesday. Taylor won the bout comprehensively by a 10-0 margin in a one-sided affair. In his opening bout, he beat Nigeria's Ekerekeme Agiomor by a 12-1 margin. In the quarters, Punia came back strongly to beat China's Zushen Lin by 6-3 in a closely-contested match.

Feats

A look at the career feats of Amine

Amine became San Marino's first-ever Olympic qualifier in wrestling when he reached the semi-finals of the 2019 World Championships at 86kg in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. The promising wrestler won a silver at the European championship in 2020. He also retained his place on the podium this year with a bronze. Amine also won a bronze at the 2019 European Games.

Journey

2020 Tokyo Games: A look at Amine's journey

Amine was a flag bearer for San Marino at the opening ceremony. He won his opening match over Colombian Carlos Arturo Izquierdo Mendez 12-2. Amine lost to David Taylor 2-12. He entered the repechage round when Taylor beat Punia in the semis. In the repechage, Amine beat Belarus' Ali Shabanau 2-0 to enter the bronze medal bout against Punia.

Information

Deepak Punia suffers heartbreak

The first period of the match saw Punia start strongly as he was ahead by a point. Punia had to hold on with just 40 seconds remaining in the bout but suffered heartbreak in. the dying stages. Amine earned crucial points to seal the bout.