Bajrang Punia
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World Wrestling Championship: Bajrang Punia secures Bronze, secures India's second medal
Other Sports | Sep 18, 2022, 11:55 PM ISTWorld Wrestling Championship: Bajrang Punia secured India's second medal at the World Wrestling Championship after clinching a bronze medal for India
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World C'ships: Olympic medallist Punia suffers quarterfinals defeat; Jaglan to fight for bronze
Other Sports | Sep 17, 2022, 08:05 PM ISTIn order to participate in the bronze medal match, Punia will now hope that Diakomihalis reaches final
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Bajrang Punia finally gets visa clearance for UK
Other Sports | Jul 09, 2022, 03:48 PM ISTBajrang, who won gold in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and fellow wrestler Deepak Punia will now leave for the US this weekend from India. They will train at Michigan University until July 30, following which both will leave for Birmingham.
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Ravi, Bajrang, Gourav to fight for gold at Asian Championship
Other Sports | Apr 23, 2022, 01:30 PM ISTTokyo Olympic silver medallist Ravi Dahiya was his usual dominant self, Bajrang Punia did not have to struggle much while Gourav Baliyan was impressive in his campaign as the three Indians kept themselves in the reckoning for gold medals at the Asian Championship, here on Saturday.
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Sports ministry approves additional financial aid for Olympic medallist wrestler Bajrang
Other Sports | Jan 12, 2022, 05:27 PM ISTThe Tokyo Olympic bronze medal winner was granted ₹1.76 lakh to support his foreign exposure training by the Sports ministry's Mission Olympic Cell (MOC).
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Olympic medallists Bajrang and Ravi choose to train with Indian coaches till Paris 2024
Other Sports | Jan 07, 2022, 04:41 PM ISTOlympics silver medallist Ravi conveyed to the Wrestling Federation of India that he will prefer to train under Indian coaches instead of hiring a personal coach from abroad.
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Bajrang may seek re-trials close to Worlds, reveals he carried two injuries into Olympics
Other Sports | Aug 30, 2021, 11:58 PM ISTBajrang returned with a bronze medal from Tokyo after going all out in the third-fourth place play-off against Kazakhstan's Daulet Niyazbekov, taking the mat for that bout without taping his knee.
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Sports don't teach us to harbour malice: Wrestler Bajrang Punia
News | Aug 28, 2021, 05:20 PM ISTOlympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, in a video he shared on Twitter, requested everyone to not use his comments for propaganda and also supported Pakistan's javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem.
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CISF felicitates Olympians Bajrang Punia, Manika Batra
News | Aug 27, 2021, 11:00 PM ISTIndian wrestler Bajrang Punia who won Bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and table tennis player Manika Batra were felicitated by DIG of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on August 27 in Delhi.
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Sushil Kumar still the best wrestler in India: Bajrang Punia
Other Sports | Aug 27, 2021, 06:31 PM ISTPunia acknowledged that probably he was not in the best of his form during the recent Tokyo Olympics bout as he had suffered an injury. However, he managed to secure bronze.
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Ligament tear rules Bajrang Punia out of World Championships, brings early end to his 2021 season
Other Sports | Aug 23, 2021, 09:04 PM ISTThe World Championships will be held in Oslo, Norway from October 2-10 and Bajrang will not be able to begin his mat training until the rehabilitation programme is compete.
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Wrestler Bajrang Punia hungry for more after Tokyo 2020 bronze, says will win Gold in Paris
Sports | Aug 10, 2021, 04:28 PM ISTSuperstar wrestler Bajrang Punia became the sixth athlete to clinch a medal for India after he won the men's 65kg bronze medal match against Daulet Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan in the repechage round at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He spoke exclusively to IndiaTV outlining his plans for the next Olympic Games in 2024.
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Keep loving athletes, it inspires us to do better: Bajrang Punia
Sports | Aug 10, 2021, 04:40 PM ISTTokyo Olympics bronze medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia thanked the country for showering love to the athletes and requested to keep doing so as it inspires the players to do better.
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I thank people for giving me so much love and respect: Wrestler Bajrang Punia
News | Aug 10, 2021, 09:26 AM ISTOlympic Bronze medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia received a rousing welcome from his family and locals outside his residence in Sonipat. Bajrang Punia said, "I thank people for giving me so much love and respect.
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Staying away from mat for 20-25 days affected my preparations: Bajrang Punia
Sports | Aug 08, 2021, 04:40 PM ISTOlympic bronze medalist Bajrang Punia on August 08 said that his knee injury forced him to skip training for 20-25 which affected his Olympic preparations.
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The stars of India's best-ever Olympic performance
Other Sports | Aug 08, 2021, 05:14 PM ISTAs the Tokyo Olympics come to a close, let's take a look at our medallists and those who came within touching distance of glory but couldn't quite make it to the podium.
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Staying away from mat for 20-25 days affected my Olympics preparations: Bajrang Punia
Other Sports | Aug 08, 2021, 01:08 PM ISTOn June 25, competing in the semi-finals of tournament against Abulmazhid Kudiev, Bajrang endured a painful move and suffered the injury.
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PM Modi congratulates Neeraj Chopra on phone for clinching gold in Tokyo Olympics
Sports | Aug 07, 2021, 08:27 PM ISTPM Modi on Saturday congratulated javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra who won Gold medal at Tokyo Olympics today. He said that his performance will encourage many young athlete to opt for such games. He also invited him into 15th Aug program in which he will interact with the Olympics players directly.
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Bajrang Punia: A humble star whose feet are firmly on ground despite success
Other Sports | Aug 07, 2021, 07:42 PM ISTHis mother knew that he was hiding the truth but did not scold him. After all, wrestling was in his blood. His father and elder brother, too, were ardent practitioners of the sport.
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Tokyo Olympics: Family, friends of wrestler Bajrang Punia celebrate his bronze
News | Aug 07, 2021, 07:40 PM ISTFamily and friends of wrestler Bajrang Punia celebrated, after he won bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics on August 07.