The Olympic medalist diet: How wrestler Ravi Dahiya is losing weight ahead of CWG 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

The Olympic medalist diet: How wrestler Ravi Dahiya is losing weight ahead of CWG 2022

The Hindu  

Before he steps on the mat at the Commonwealth Games, Ravi Dahiya will have to overcome the steepest obstacle between him and a gold medal — a weight cut he has to undergo to be eligible to compete. Hot favourite India’s wrestlers have typically done well at the Commonwealth Games, a competition which has always been of a far lower standard than the World Championships or even the Asian Games or the Asian Championships. I started out with a medal at the world championships and the Olympics and now I’m competing at the Commonwealth Games,” he says. The Games were important enough for Dahiya to skip the Rome Ranking Series, one of the international wrestling calendar’s premier build-up tournaments, in order to complete the biometric requirements needed to get a visa to the United Kingdom. The Commonwealth Games were important enough for Dahiya to skip the Rome Ranking Series, one of the international wrestling calendar’s premier build-up tournaments, in order to complete the biometric requirements needed to get a visa to the United Kingdom.

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Looking to shift to higher weight class for next Olympic cycle: Ravi Dahiya
4 months, 1 week ago

Looking to shift to higher weight class for next Olympic cycle: Ravi Dahiya

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya was out of action for a long time due to a knee injury. He came back for the Olympic selection trials earlier this year but lost to Aman Sehrawat who won a bronze medal in the same weight class at the Paris Olympics. Ravi still isn’t fighting fight and is likely to …

Ravi Dahiya undergoes successful surgery after exit from Asian Games trials
1 year, 5 months ago

Ravi Dahiya undergoes successful surgery after exit from Asian Games trials

The Hindu  

Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya took to Twitter to announce a successful completion of his knee surgery following a first round exit at the Asian Games trials. जीवन के मंदिर में जब मीठा प्रसाद मिलता है तो हर कोई आसानी से स्वीकार कर लेता है लेकिन जब कड़वा प्रसाद मिलता है तो कृतज्ञता से स्वीकार करना ही जीवन का …

Asian Games 2023, Indian wrestling team: Ravi Dahiya fails to make the cut
1 year, 5 months ago

Asian Games 2023, Indian wrestling team: Ravi Dahiya fails to make the cut

The Hindu  

Olympic wrestling silver medallist Ravi Dahiya’s pursuit for a spot in the Asian Games squad ended prematurely after he was knocked out of the trials by the unheralded Atish Todkar, in a 57kg bout at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in Delhi on Sunday. READ |Antim Panghal wins trials, loses case to go to Asian Games This was Dahiya’s first outing …

World Wrestling Championships 2022: Ravi Dahiya, Bajrang Punia among prime medal contenders; Naveen grapples for bronze
2 years, 3 months ago

World Wrestling Championships 2022: Ravi Dahiya, Bajrang Punia among prime medal contenders; Naveen grapples for bronze

Firstpost  

Star male wrestlers Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Bajrang Punia will be vying to add to India’s medal tally at the World Wrestling Championships 2022 in Belgrade. A day after Indian women wrestlers folded their World Wrestling Championships 2022 campaign with a solitary bronze medal through Vinesh Phogat, star men wrestlers Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Bajrang Punia will be vying to …

World Wrestling Championships 2022: Ravi Dahiya confident of winning gold
2 years, 4 months ago

World Wrestling Championships 2022: Ravi Dahiya confident of winning gold

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Olympic silver medallist wrestler Ravi Dahiya has now set his sights on winning gold medals at the upcoming World Championships and the postponed Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou, China next year. “My only aim in life as a sports person is to bring laurels to my country and my immediate goals are to win gold medals …

CWG 2022: Star Wrestler Ravi Dahiya Clinches Gold in Men's 57 KG Category
2 years, 5 months ago

CWG 2022: Star Wrestler Ravi Dahiya Clinches Gold in Men's 57 KG Category

News 18  

Ravi Kumar Dahiya continued his dominant run on the wrestling mat as he won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games after beating Nigeria’s Ebikewenimo Welson in the 57kg final bout. After winning the silver medal at 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Dahiya has become a household name in India and all the wrestling fans from the country had huge expectations …

Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Naveen win wrestling golds at Commonwealth Games 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Naveen win wrestling golds at Commonwealth Games 2022

The Hindu  

Ravi Kumar Dahiya beat Nigeria’s Ebikewenimo Welson in the final of the men’s freestyle 57 kg category to win the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022. This was Ravi Kumar Dahiya’s third straight win by technical superiority in the 2022 Games. Naveen bags gold medal Naveen bagged a gold medal in the men’s freestyle 74 kg category when he …

Ravi Dahiya: Target Paris Olympics, via Birmingham
2 years, 5 months ago

Ravi Dahiya: Target Paris Olympics, via Birmingham

Hindustan Times  

Ravi Dahiya moves around with a quiet swagger. Supplement stacks strewn around, fellow wrestlers milling about, a Hindi translation of David Schwartz's bestseller 'The Magic of Thinking Big' lying on his messy bed— trying to decipher Dahiya is an exercise in futility. “He spends a lot of time here, so he thought his goal should be right in front of …

Indian wrestlers aim to continue supremacy in CWG 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

Indian wrestlers aim to continue supremacy in CWG 2022

The Hindu  

As the Indian wrestlers are all set to take the mat in Birmingham to resume their supremacy in the Commonwealth Games, one is compelled to ask: “How many gold medals this time?” Superpower India had won 12 medals, including five golds, covering all categories in Gold Coast four years ago. Worlds and Olympics medallist Bajrang Punia, Worlds medallist Vinesh Phogat, …

Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dahiya Will Not Get Direct Entry Into Finals of CWG And Asian Games Selection Trials
2 years, 8 months ago

Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dahiya Will Not Get Direct Entry Into Finals of CWG And Asian Games Selection Trials

News 18  

Stars such as Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya will not get direct entries into the final of their respective categories when the national federation holds selection trials for Commonwealth Games and Asian Games owing to the unrest among upcoming grapplers during the recent Asian Championship trials. IPL FULL COVERAGE | SCHEDULE | RESULTS | ORANGE CAP | PURPLE CAP During …

Ravi Dahiya to wrestle across 57kg and 61kg till Paris Olympics
2 years, 8 months ago

Ravi Dahiya to wrestle across 57kg and 61kg till Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

Olympics silver medallist and triple Asian gold medallist Ravi Kumar Dahiya will continue to compete in two different weight classes in two sets of events until Paris 2024. After the Tokyo Olympics, Ravi returned to competition in the Yasar Dogu Ranking Series event in Istanbul, where he landed a gold medal in 61kg in February. READ | Asian Wrestling Championships: …

Asian Wrestling Championship: Ravi Dahiya Grabs Gold, Struggling Bajrang Punia Settles for Silver, Gourav Balian Impressive in 2nd Place Finish
2 years, 8 months ago

Asian Wrestling Championship: Ravi Dahiya Grabs Gold, Struggling Bajrang Punia Settles for Silver, Gourav Balian Impressive in 2nd Place Finish

News 18  

Ravi Dahiya’s physical prowess and superior tactical acumen were on show yet again as he became the first Indian wrestler to win three gold medals at the Asian Championship but Bajrang Punia struggled badly on his return to action even as he grabbed a silver. The 24-year-old Ravi Dahiya conceded an early lead in all his bouts, but he bounced …

Wrestler Ravi Dahiya: A day in his life after Tokyo success
3 years ago

Wrestler Ravi Dahiya: A day in his life after Tokyo success

The Hindu  

When in Ravi Kumar Dahiya’s world, be prepared to go easy with the volley of questions. “That’s not important at the moment.” Accolades are pouring in for Ravi and many want a piece of him. “I have to stop at some point and return to my world.” It’s a fine balancing act that Ravi’s minders have to perform. That is …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: For Ravi Kumar Dahiya, a silver medal is a reminder of a gold lost
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: For Ravi Kumar Dahiya, a silver medal is a reminder of a gold lost

Firstpost  

Ravi Kumar Dahiya became India’s fifth medallist in wrestling at the Olympics after KD Jadhav, Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt, and Sakshi Malik. Bas theek hai,” says the man who is India’s fifth medallist in wrestling after KD Jadhav, Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt, and Sakshi Malik. “There was no pressure on me fighting him.” Ravi was in rampaging form coming into …

Maybe I deserved only silver this time, will try for gold in Paris: Ravi Dahiya
3 years, 5 months ago

Maybe I deserved only silver this time, will try for gold in Paris: Ravi Dahiya

India TV News  

Gracious in defeat, young Indian wrestler Ravi Dahiya on Thursday said perhaps he deserved only a silver medal at the Olympics at this stage and will strive to get better to complete the unfinished task of winning a gold at the 2024 Paris Games. In an exclusive interview with PTI after his 57kg final, the 23-year-old Dahiya said a silver …

Tokyo Olympics 2020 wrestling: Ravi Kumar Dahiya doesn't get what he wanted, 'okay' with silver
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020 wrestling: Ravi Kumar Dahiya doesn't get what he wanted, 'okay' with silver

The Hindu  

Ravi Kumar Dahiya joined a select club of elite Indian athletes on Thursday as he became only the second Indian wrestler to win an Olympic silver medal. The other Indian in the fray for a medal, Deepak Punia, lost a closely contested bout for the bronze medal to Myles Amin of San Marino. Amin, who was born in Michigan and …

Tokyo Olympics | Ravi Dahiya does India proud with a silver
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics | Ravi Dahiya does India proud with a silver

The Hindu  

Ravi Kumar Dahiya finished with the silver medal after losing 7-4 to World champion Zaur Uguev of Russia in the keenly-fought men’s 57kg freestyle final on Thursday. Worlds silver medallist Deepak Punia went down fighting to San Marino’s Myles Amine 4-2 in an 86kg bronze medal match to end his campaign on a disappointing note. Ravi, a Worlds bronze medallist …

From Sonipat to Tokyo, Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya's Road to Olympic Final
3 years, 5 months ago

From Sonipat to Tokyo, Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya's Road to Olympic Final

The Quint  

His father Rakesh, who worked as a farmer on rented paddy fields, used to travel 28kms every day for over a decade to deliver home-cooked food, milk and butter to his son. Soon, Dahiya started to progress was touted as the next big thing from Chhatrasal's line of up-and-coming wrestlers. In the Round of 16 at the 2019 World Championships, …

Ravi Dahiya's village erupts in joy as he storms into Tokyo Olympic final
3 years, 5 months ago

Ravi Dahiya's village erupts in joy as he storms into Tokyo Olympic final

India TV News  

Celebration broke out in wrestler Ravi Dahiya's native village on Wednesday after he stormed into the finals of the Tokyo Games to assure India of a fourth Olympic medal. Dahiya on Wednesday became only the second Indian wrestler to qualify for the title clash at the Olympic Games, when he sensationally turned around the 57kg semifinal bout by pinning Kazakhstan's …

Tokyo Olympics: Ravi Kumar Dahiya's Village Erupts in Joy as He Storms into Final
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Ravi Kumar Dahiya's Village Erupts in Joy as He Storms into Final

News 18  

Celebration broke out in wrestler Ravi Dahiya’s native village on Wednesday after he stormed into the finals of the Tokyo Games to assure India of a fourth Olympic medal. Dahiya on Wednesday became only the second Indian wrestler to qualify for the title clash at the Olympic Games, when he sensationally turned around the 57kg semifinal bout by pinning Kazakhstan’s …

Wrestler Ravi Dahiya makes it to the final of Tokyo Olympics, silver medal assured
3 years, 5 months ago

Wrestler Ravi Dahiya makes it to the final of Tokyo Olympics, silver medal assured

Op India  

Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya has stormed into the finals of the wrestling event in the Tokyo Olympics 2021. Ravi Dahiya, who represented the country in the freestyle 57kg category, defeated Kazhakistan wrestler Nurislam Sanayev to enter the men’s freestyle 57kg wrestling finals. Ravi Dahiya came back from a 2-9 down point to pin his opponent Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan …

Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian

News 18  

Hailing from a village in Nahri, Sonipat district in Haryana, Ravi Kumar Dahiya has taken a shine to wrestling since the age of 10. On regaining full fitness, Ravi came back with a bang and won silver in the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championships in Bucharest. In 2019, Ravi made his maiden World Championships appearance and made an instant mark …

Lockdown: Ravi Dahiya's life revolves around training
4 years, 9 months ago

Lockdown: Ravi Dahiya's life revolves around training

The Hindu  

For Ravi Dahiya, whose life revolves around wrestling, Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi is home away from home. In fact, Dahiya spends most part of the year in the precincts of Chhatrasal and visits his home very rarely — perhaps once in a year, during Diwali. So, when the Government gave a call for self-isolation at home to fight coronavirus, Dahiya …

Asian Wrestling Championships 2020: Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins gold medal, Bajrang Punia, Satywart Kadian, Gourav Baliyan settle for silver
4 years, 10 months ago

Asian Wrestling Championships 2020: Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins gold medal, Bajrang Punia, Satywart Kadian, Gourav Baliyan settle for silver

Firstpost  

India’s Ravi Dahiya claimed the gold medal in 57kg men’s freestyle category at the Asian Wrestling Championship on Saturday. New Delhi: India’s Ravi Dahiya claimed the gold medal in 57kg men’s freestyle category at the Asian Wrestling Championship on Saturday. However, Bajrang Punia had to settle for silver as he fell short in the final of 65kg category, losing 2-10 …

Dahiya to assess Olympics prospects at Asian Wrestling Championships
4 years, 10 months ago

Dahiya to assess Olympics prospects at Asian Wrestling Championships

The Hindu  

Having secured an Olympic berth, world championship bronze-medallist Ravi Dahiya says he would be looking to assess his medal prospects at the big event by how he performs at this week’s Asian Wrestling Championships. Not many knew Dahiya before his World Championship exploits and the wrestler from Nahri in Haryana is desperate to make a mark with medals in Asian …

Asian Wrestling Championship: Ravi Kumar sets sights on winning gold
4 years, 11 months ago

Asian Wrestling Championship: Ravi Kumar sets sights on winning gold

The Hindu  

The 2019 World Wrestling Championship bronze medallist Ravi Kumar Dahiya is gunning for his maiden continental title at the upcoming Asian Wrestling Championships to be held in New Delhi from February 18 to 23. “I am aiming for Gold at the Olympics and the Asian Wrestling Championships will help me prepare better ahead of Tokyo. I am concentrating hard on …

Olympic-bound Ravi Dahiya credits Sushil 'pehlwan' for success
5 years, 3 months ago

Olympic-bound Ravi Dahiya credits Sushil 'pehlwan' for success

The Hindu  

Having his idol Sushil Kumar by his side was a huge privilege for a lesser-known Ravi Dahiya, who performed with confidence to achieve the twin target of booking an Olympic quota place, in men’s freestyle 57kg weight, and bagging a World championships medal on debut in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. READ | Deepak Punia reaches world championships final Ravi, a product of …

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