Wrestler Aman Sehrawat beat Toi Darian Cruz in the bronze medal match in Men’s Freestyle 57 kg category, clinching India’s first medal win in wrestling at the 2024 Paris Olympics. But what’s inspiring and awing people more than Sehrawat’s impressive victory is his backstory, which is full of hardships and the display of true grit. Sehrawat, who is only 21 years old, won the bronze, taking India’s medal tally at the Paris Olympics to six.
This was also India’s fifth straight wrestling medal at the Olympics, a run which began with Sushil Kumar in 2008. Now, Sehrawat’s coach has spoken about the many difficulties the Olympic bronze medalist overcame to get to where he is today. At 21, India's Aman Sehrawat is the youngest Indian to win an individual medal at the Olympics 🇮🇳🥉 #Paris2024 pic.
twitter.com/W9UYDWX9aI — Olympic Khel (@OlympicKhel) August 9, 2024 Before his bronze medal match, Sehrawat was 1.5 kgs over his competition weight of 57.
While this was normal, Vinesh Phogat’s unfortunate fate led to slight anxiety. Speaking about the same, coach Virender Dahiyasaid, “After his semifinal ended, Aman had put on 1.5 kg weight.
It is natural for every wrestler. He did some mat training for 1.5 hours.
Then at around 12.30 AM, we made him hit the gym. He returned to his room at 4 AM.
At 4.15 AM, his weight was all fine and under control. He then returned to his room and rested.
” Aman Sehrawat added, “It was tough to sleep. I just waited for time to.