Paris, Aug 9 (IANS) As Aman Sehrawat prepares to compete for a bronze medal in the men’s 57kg freestyle wrestling at the Paris Olympics, his assistant coach at Chhatrasal Stadium, Jaiveer Singh is confident that the 21-year-old will finish his campaign with a medal.
Aman, a former Asian and U23 world champion, will face Puerto Rico’s Darian Cruz, a Pan American Games medallist, for the bronze medal on Friday at 9:45 pm.
“We have 100% chance in the bronze medal match. Aman’s workout was scheduled for four hours every morning and evening. He is a very smart, bright, and hardworking child. We are hoping he will bring back a medal in wrestling,” Jaiveer told IANS.
The wrestler from Haryana started his campaign in a dominant fashion as he registered two consecutive technical superiority wins in his first two bouts. He cruised past former European champion North Macedonia’s Vladimir Egorov by a 10-0 technical superiority in his round of 16 bout before dismantling Albania’s Zelimkhan Abakarov, the 2022 world champion and fourth seed, 12-0 in the quarterfinals.
He, however, lost to Japan’s Rei Higuchi, a former world champion and silver medal winner from Rio 2016, in the semifinals via TSU.
“He lost in defense, otherwise, he fought well because he had won via technical superiority in his first two bouts. There was no lack of effort on his part, but at such a high level, a bit of luck also plays a role. If he had just held on for the first 2-3 minutes, the bout would have been ours,” Jaiveer reflected on Aman’s performance.
Jaiveer further mentioned that Ravi Dahiya, who won the silver medal in the same weight category at Tokyo 2020, also sent his best wishes to Aman for his medal bout. Interestingly, Aman had defeated Dahiya in the trials to earn the right to represent India in the men’s 57kg category at Paris 2024.
A total of six wrestlers are representing India at the Paris 2024 Olympics, of which Aman is the lone male wrestler.
Nisha Dahiya was eliminated in the quarterfinals of women’s 68kg on Monday. Vinesh Phogat made it to the final in the women’s 50kg division on Tuesday but was disqualified after she failed the weigh-in on Wednesday.
Anshu Malik, competing in her second Olympics, lost her round of 16 bout against the USA’s Helen Maroulis while Antim also lost in her opening bout.
Reetika Hooda, in the women’s 76kg division, starts her campaign on Saturday.
–IANS
bc/
Disclaimer
The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by TodayIndia.news and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.
Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of TodayIndia.news We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, TodayIndia.news takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
For any legal details or query please visit original source link given with news or click on Go to Source.
Our translation service aims to offer the most accurate translation possible and we rarely experience any issues with news post. However, as the translation is carried out by third part tool there is a possibility for error to cause the occasional inaccuracy. We therefore require you to accept this disclaimer before confirming any translation news with us.
If you are not willing to accept this disclaimer then we recommend reading news post in its original language.
