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Tokyo Olympics medallists, Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya on Sunday, March 10 were eliminated from the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympic qualifications after they lost their respective bouts. The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya earlier lost to Udit by 8-10 margin with the latter then losing to a promising wrestler in Aman Sehrawat.
It is to be noted that the Asian champion, Aman Sehrawat had earlier defeated Ravi Dahiya 14-13 in a thrilling round robin bout. Sehrawat however reigned in the 57kg freestyle category at the selection trials held in Sonipat.
Speaking about the Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist, Bajrang Punia, he lost to Rohit Kumar by 1-9 margin but overcame Ravinder 3-3 via criteria. However, the 30-year-old did not feature in the third-fourth place bout after the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) officials tried to collect a sample for dope test from Punia.
Nishant Dev one win away from securing Paris Olympics 2024 quota
World Championships medallist Nishant Dev is close to securing a quota for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. The 23-year-old registered a dominant victory over Christos Karaitis of Greece to enter the quarterfinals of the first World Boxing Qualifier in the 71kg category.
India has so far secured four boxing quotas at the Paris 2024. Women boxers in Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Parveen Hooda (57kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) obtained the quotas at the Asian Games last year. If Nishant Dev wins, he will become the first in men’s category to secure the Olympics quota for Paris 2024.