Paris Olympic 2024 / Good news for India from wrestling, Aman Sehrawat won bronze medal

Paris Olympic 2024: Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat has brought great news for India. Aman has won the bronze medal for India in the 57 kg weight category. Aman won the bronze medal by defeating Puerto Rico wrestler Darian Toi Cruz 13-5. Let us tell you, Aman has been an Asian champion and has also won gold in the Under-23 World Championship. With this medal of Aman, the number of medals of India in the Paris Olympics has increased to 6. This includes 5 bronze and 1 silver medal. This is India's first medal from wrestling in the Paris Olympics. India was looking for a single medal in wrestling, which Aman has fulfilled. Earlier, everyone expected a gold medal from Vinesh Phogat, but she was disqualified before the gold medal match due to being overweight. In such a situation, this medal of Aman has brought relief news for India in wrestling. Indian wrestler's dominance continues

Aman had to face a crushing defeat by 0-10 from Japan's Rei Higuchi in the semi-finals. However, he put pressure from the beginning in the bronze medal match and did not give much chance to Darian Toi Cruz. In the end, Aman showed amazing game and converted the lead into a score of 13-5. In this way, Aman Sehrawat's medal has maintained the dominance of Indian wrestling in the Olympics. Let us tell you, since 2008, India has won medals in wrestling in 5 consecutive Olympics. After hockey, India's maximum 8 Olympic medals have come from wrestling. For the first time in the history of Olympics, in 1952, KD Jadhav won a bronze medal in wrestling for India. After this, India did not get a medal in wrestling for 56 years and then in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Sushil Kumar ended this drought by winning the bronze medal. Since then, Indian wrestlers have been continuously winning medals in the Olympics.

PM congratulates

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated wrestler Aman on his victory in the first medal in wrestling. PM ​​wrote, "Our wrestlers have made us even more proud! Congratulations to Aman Sehrawat for winning the bronze medal in men's freestyle 57 kg at the Paris Olympics. His dedication and perseverance are clearly visible. The whole country is celebrating this remarkable achievement."

More pride thanks to our wrestlers!

Congratulations to Aman Sehrawat for winning the Bronze Medal in the Men's Freestyle 57 kg at the Paris Olympics. His dedication and perseverance are clearly evident. The entire nation celebrates this remarkable feat.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 9, 2024

Strong performance in Olympic debut

21-year-old Aman, who was participating in the Olympics for the first time, had a memorable debut. He started brilliantly and defeated Vladimir Egorov of Macedonia 10-0 in the very first bout. After this, the same feat was seen in the quarter-finals as well where he entered the semi-finals by defeating Albania's Zelimkhan Abakarov 12-0. However, Aman had to face defeat in the semi-finals because he was facing world number-1 Rei Higuchi of Japan. Higuchi defeated Aman 10-0 and ended his hopes of reaching the final.

Aman reached the Olympics by defeating his mentor

This success of Aman is very special because India has won 2 consecutive Olympic medals in this category. Earlier, Ravi Dahiya also participated in the 57 kg category in the Tokyo Olympics. It was also Ravi's first Olympics and he won the silver medal. What is even more special is that Aman has been training with Ravi at the Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi and considers him his mentor. This time he made it to the qualifiers by defeating Ravi Dahiya in the national trials and then got a ticket to the Paris Olympics.

Success in the 5th consecutive Olympics in wrestling

With this great achievement of Aman, India has continued its success streak in wrestling for the 5th consecutive Olympics. Sushil Kumar started with a bronze medal in Beijing 2008. Then in London 2012, Sushil won silver and Yogeshwar Dutt won bronze. After this, in Rio 2016, Sakshi Malik became the first Indian female wrestler to reach the Olympic podium. She won bronze. After this, in Tokyo 2020, Ravi Dahiya won silver in 57 kg and Bajrang Punia won bronze. Now Aman has extended this series.