Working relentlessly in a single day, the Aman’s group ensured that he met the burden standards, thus avoiding a possible disqualification.
The 21-year-old Aman’s semifinal defeat to Japan’s Rei Higuchi occurred round 6:30 pm.
Losing no time, the mission for Sehrawat and his coaches started instantly with a one-and-a-half-hour mat session centered on standing wrestling. Jagmander Singh and Virender Dahiya, senior Indian coaches, led the rigorous weight-cutting regime.
Following the mat session, he endured a one-hour hot-bath session.
At 12:30 am, Aman moved to the gymnasium for a continuous one-hour treadmill run to induce sweating and weight reduction.
A quick 30-minute break was given earlier than partaking in 5 5-minute periods of the sauna bathtub.
By the top of the sauna periods, Aman’s weight was nonetheless 900 grams above the restrict.
He then acquired a therapeutic massage and was instructed to do gentle jogging. This was adopted by 5 15-minute operating periods.
By 4:30 am, Aman weighed in at 56.9kg, 100 grams under the restrict, bringing aid to the coaches and wrestler alike.
In between periods, Aman consumed lukewarm water combined with lemon and honey, together with a little bit of espresso.
Regardless of the exhausting routines, Aman selected to not sleep.
“I watched movies of wrestling bouts the entire evening,” Sehrawat stated.
“We saved checking his weight each hour. We did not sleep the entire evening, not even through the day,” stated coach Dahiya.
“Weight reducing is routine, regular for us however there was stress, lots of stress because of what occurred the opposite day (with Vinesh). We couldn’t let slip one other medal,” stated Dahiya.
All of the onerous work got here to a fruition when Aman gained the bronze medal, beating Puerto Rico’s Darian Cruz on Friday to turn into India’s youngest ever Olympic medallist.
