Bajrang Punia Bronze Medal match Date, Time & Telecast in India

Bajrang Punia lost in the semi-finals of Men’s freestyle 65kg wrestling against Azerbaijan’s Haji Aliyev today. Haji Aliyev dominated in the semi-final and won 12-5 against India’s Bajrang. India’s hopes were shattered at the point when Ajiyev took a lead of 8-1. Bajrang later did gain 4 points but those were too less to reach anywhere close to Aliyev’s lead. With the loss in the semi-final, Bajrang will now be eying on the Bronze medal match. Here are the details of Bajrang Punia’s Bronze Medal match.

The Indian Wrestler, earlier in the day, won against Kyrgyzstan’s Ernazar Akmataliev. Later, in the quarterfinal bout, Bajrang Punia defeated Morteza Ghiasi of Iran to enter the Semi-finals of the event. The Quarterfinal too was a close match where Bajrang won by the barest of margins. Bajarang did lose the chance of gaining the Gold or the Silver medal but the Bronze Medal is still on. The winner of the Repechage Round 2 will be the Opponent of Bajrang Punia in the Bronze medal match. Hence, Bajrang will either face Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan or Senegal’s Adama Diattaor for the Bronze medal battle.

Date and Time of Bajrang Punia’s Bronze Medal match

Then Asian Games and Commonwealth Games Champion, Bajrang Punia, will play for the Bronze Medal tomorrow, i.e. on August 7. The Bronze Medal matches will be played from 4:00 PM IST tomorrow. Before the Bronze medal matches, Repechage Round 2 matches will be played, the winner of which will enter the Bronze medal matches. The Repechage Round 2 starts from 3:15 PM IST tomorrow.

DATE: August 7

TIME: 4:00 PM IST

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Olympics 2020 Wrestling Live Telecast In India

Doordarshan will broadcast all the events of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 Live in India. Sony Sports Network as well will be telecasting the events live through various channels in India. Sony TEN 2 HD/SD and Sony TEN 1 HD/SD will provide the Live Telecast of Bajrang Punia’s Bronze medal match. For the online viewers in India, SONY LIV, Sony’s Digital Streaming App, will provide the Live telecast of the Tokyo Olympics 2020.