Tokyo Olympics: Indian freestyle wrestler Deepak Punia had to retreat empty-handed from Tokyo Olympics after losing his 87kg category bronze medal bout to San Marino's Myles Amine. It was a close-fought clash for the bronze, with Punia leading 2-1 till the very last minute before Amine bagged crucial three points in the last 30 seconds to walk away with the medal.

Let us tell you that earlier, Deepak Punia (86kg) made good use of a favourable draw to reach the semifinals but lost to the formidable American David Morris Taylor. It was always going to be a difficult task for Deepak to trouble the American, the 2018 world champion and the reigning Pan-American champion. It was hardly a contest as Taylor effected one move after another to win by technical superiority in the first period itself. Deepak could make only one move on the counterattack but the American did not give the Indian any chance to convert that into points.

The 22-year-old Deepak had earlier got past Nigeria's Ekerekeme Agiomor, the African championship bronze medallist by technical superiority, and then prevailed 6-3 over China's Zushen Lin in the quarterfinal.

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