Ravi Dahiya overcame iron deficiency How Olympic silver medallist wrestler

As soon as Ravi Dahiya’s fate was sealed in the 57kg freestyle gold medal match, there was stunned silence, looks of disbelief and disappointment on the faces of trainees gathered to witness their ‘brother’s’ final bout inside a jampacked wrestling hall of the Chhatrasal Stadium.The young wrestlers were almost certain that their fellow trainee, Ravi bhai, would bag the top spot. They couldn’t accept the 4-7 defeat he suffered against Russian Olympic Comittee’s flawless Zaur Uguev. After Deepak Punia’s bronze medal defeat, soon after Ravi’s bout, a few senior wrestlers came into the hall and tried to lift the mood. “Arey, gold nahi toh kya, silver toh hai (Hey guys, if not the gold our Ravi has won a silver and it needs to be celebrated),” a trainee yelled out.Moments later, the dhols players were in action at the gates of the hall but initially, no one was in a mood to dance. Around 100 kilograms of ghevar (a disc-shaped deep-fried sweet) was ordered apart from countless boxes of rasgullas. A DJ system with massive JBL speakers was also set up in fornt of the dorms.

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