Tokyo Olympics | Bajrang Punia moves to wrestling quarterfinal, Seema loses opener

The Indian will next face Iran's Morteza Cheka Ghiasi.

Bajrang Punia, the last in wrestling at the , moved to the men's free-style 65kg quarterfinals after just about managing to go past Kyrgyzstan's Ernazar Akmataliev in his opening bout, here on Friday. A timely take-down move just before the end of the first period put the Indian ahead 3-1 but Akmataliev ran Bajrang close in the second period, getting two push-out points to level the scores. Since Bajrang had the high scoring move, a two-pointer take down, he was declared winner on criteria.