Ravi Dahiya on Thursday became only the second Indian wrestler to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games. Dahiya narrowly lost 4-7 in the men’s freestyle 57kg final to ROC’s Zavur Uguev, losing the run for the Gold.

Ravi Dahiya was trailing 2-4 after the first period in the gold medal bout. Uguev then increased his lead to 7-2 but the Indian wrestler didn’t give in and came roaring back to win two points and reduce the deficit to three points. Dahiya then went for the kill, looking to score more points but his Russian opponent’s defence held firm. In the end, it was heartbreak for the wrestler who gave it his all against the two-time world champion, coming agonisingly close to getting India’s first Olympic gold in wrestling.

Dahiya’s silver is the sixth medal India has won in wrestling at the Olympics.

With his second-place finish, Ravi Dahiya became only the second Indian wrestler to win silver at the Olympics after Sushil Kumar. Sushil had won the silver at the London Games in 2012.

If Ravi would have clinched a Gold medal at Tokyo 2020, he would have become the second Indian after shooter Abhinav Bindra (Beijing 2008) to clinch an individual Olympic gold.

In another fight, World championships silver medallist Deepak Punia lost his bronze medal match to to Myles Amine of San Marino. He was outclassed by former World champion David Taylor of the USA in a men’s freestyle 86kg semifinal bout of the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.

In a historic development, Indian men’s team defeated Germany 5-4 in the bronze medal match to end a 41-year wait for an Olympic medal in hockey, on Wednesday. The last time India had won a medal in hockey was at the 1980 Moscow Games where they got the gold.