India’s Bajrang Punia has beaten Kazakhstan’s Daulet Niyazbekov comprehensively in the 65kg Freestyle bout to win the Olympic bronze.
He was attacking and smart from the get go to win the bout 8-0.
Reacting to his sons feat, Bajrang’s father, Balwan Singh told ANI, He fulfilled my dream. This is gold medal for me. He told me that he will not come back empty handed.
The 27-year-old was dominant from the word go and with a dominating performance, also took revenge of his defeat at the hands of Daulet in the semifinals of 2019 world championships.
With this medal, India’s tally has now grown to six and they have now equalled their best ever show at an Olympics, having won the same number of medals at the 2012 London Games.
