India were assured of at least a silver medal in the men’s freestyle wrestling 57kg category as Ravi Kumar Dahiya staged a great comeback against Kazakhstan’s Nurislam Sanayev to make his way to the final.
The bout started in a cagey fashion with both wrestlers registering points in the initial minutes of the first round.
But Sanayev almost won the match as he registered 8 points in a row by pulling off the dreaded ‘fitele’ move.
Sanayez grabbed Ravi by the ankles and rolled the Indian wrestler four times, which gave him the 8 points to take the advantage to 9-2.
But Ravi Kumar staged a grand comeback as he first reduced the deficit to 5-9, as he pushed the Kazakh out of the mat.
This move of Ravi’s left Sanayez bamboozled as he also hurt his leg.
The Indian wrestler then made his psychological advantage count as he pinned the Kazakh wrestler down with a great move to eventually win the bout ‘by fall’.
Win by Fall: The object of the entire wrestling match is to attain victory by what is known as the fall.
A fall, also known as a pin, occurs when one wrestler holds both of his opponents’ shoulders on the mat simultaneously.
The two shoulders of the defensive wrestler must be held long enough for the referee to “observe the total control of the fall” (usually ranging from one half-second to about one or two seconds).
Then either the judge or the mat chairman concurs with the referee that a fall is made.
(If the referee does not indicate a fall, and the fall is valid, the judge and the mat chairman can concur together and announce the fall.)
A fall ends the match entirely regardless of when it occurs.
•Win by Technical Superiority (Also called Technical Fall): If at any point during the match, a wrestler gains a ten-point lead over his opponent, the wrestler would win the match by technical fall.
•Win by Decision: If neither wrestler achieves either a fall or technical superiority, the wrestler who scored more points during match is declared the winner.
