Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya, both Indian Wrestlers, were defeated in the 2024 Paris Olympics Qualification. Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya have lost their respective matches in the National Trials. Bajrang was defeated by Rohit Kumar while Ravi Dahiya was defeated by Aman.
Punia and Dhaiya, both were Tokyo Game Medalists. Bajrang Punia is the first Indian wrestler who won three medals at the World Wrestling Championship. And was a well known face of protest against former WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. He lost badly by 1-9 in the men’s freestyle 65kg semifinal against Rohit Kumar. Meanwhile, Ravi Kumar Dahiya went down to Aman by a margin of 13-14 in the opening.
Bajrang Punia did not stand a chance against his opponent Rohit Kumar. The officials of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) we’re looking forward to getting his dope test done, but it seemed that Punia could not digest the defeat and he seemed to leave the stadium in a hurry and also did not stay to play the bronze medal contest.
Rohit Dahiya, meanwhile, fought utterly before losing to Aman, but eventually lost. Earlier this year, Aman also won gold at the Zagreb Open 2024 in Croatia by defeating China’s Zou Wanhao.