NEW DELHI: Orphaned on the age of 11 when his mother and father handed away because of totally different medical situations inside a span of a 12 months, a shy and thinly-built Aman Sehrawat discovered solace on this planet of wrestling when his uncle dropped him at metropolis’s Chhatrasal Stadium, hoping to place his life again on monitor.
On Friday night, Aman – the reigning world U-23 champion – paid a wealthy tribute to his mother and father and uncles when he defeated Puerto Rico’s Darian Cruz 13-5 within the males’s freestyle 57kg bronze medal playoff bout to develop into India’s youngest-ever Olympic medallist at 21 years, 24 days.
It was Aman’s fifth senior medal on the worldwide stage.
Aman, who competes in Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya‘s class, joined Chhatrasal eight years in the past below the steering of coach Lalit. It was his uncle Sudhir Sehrawat‘s resolution to ship him away from their village in Haryana’s Jhajjar district.
“It was the perfect resolution of my life to introduce Aman to wrestling and produce him to Chhatrasal. In our native village of Birohar, Aman had tried his arms in mud wrestling however he wanted correct steering and training setup to excel within the sport. Aman was unable to bear the lack of his mother and father and was a distracted little one who had misplaced all his hopes in life. After I introduced him right here, he acquired hooked on to freestyle wrestling and located peace within the sport. Right this moment, he has made all the nation proud,” Sehrawat stated.
Aman justified his uncle’s resolution by successful a bronze on the World Cadet Championship in 2018, earlier than securing the Asian Championships title within the junior class. He turned a nationwide champion in 2021 and adopted the triumph up with U-23 Asian and world titles in 2022 and bronze on the Hangzhou Asiad in his debut Video games final 12 months.
This 12 months, too, he that he is prepared for the Paris Video games by clinching the title on the prestigious Zagreb Open and ending runners-up on the Budapest rating collection. Lone Indian male wrestler within the fray in Paris, Aman had secured the berth on the world qualifiers in Istanbul after defeating the likes of Tokyo Olympics medallists -Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya -at the nationwide choice trials.
“He was at all times a disciplined wrestler, very quiet and shy and at all times targeted on his wrestling. He by no means fought with anybody at Chhatrasal. His routine has been to coach, eat correctly and sleep. Sagar pehelwan, who now works with Air Drive, took particular care of him by arranging for his eating regimen together with dry fruits, ghee and milk. Aman used to stick with him and Sagar will deal with him like his youthful brother,” stated Chhatrasal’s veteran coach Dharmendra Vats.
Aman misplaced 2.5 kgs in 10 hrs
Vats knowledgeable that Aman misplaced 2.5 kgs to fulfill the 57kg class restrict inside 10 hours forward of his bronze medal playoff. He weighed 59.5 kgs after his semifinal defeat to Japan’s Rei Higuchi. “He underwent an intense routine which included sizzling bathtub, gymnasium session, operating, jogging and sauna periods,” Vats stated.
On Friday night, Aman – the reigning world U-23 champion – paid a wealthy tribute to his mother and father and uncles when he defeated Puerto Rico’s Darian Cruz 13-5 within the males’s freestyle 57kg bronze medal playoff bout to develop into India’s youngest-ever Olympic medallist at 21 years, 24 days.
It was Aman’s fifth senior medal on the worldwide stage.
Aman, who competes in Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya‘s class, joined Chhatrasal eight years in the past below the steering of coach Lalit. It was his uncle Sudhir Sehrawat‘s resolution to ship him away from their village in Haryana’s Jhajjar district.
“It was the perfect resolution of my life to introduce Aman to wrestling and produce him to Chhatrasal. In our native village of Birohar, Aman had tried his arms in mud wrestling however he wanted correct steering and training setup to excel within the sport. Aman was unable to bear the lack of his mother and father and was a distracted little one who had misplaced all his hopes in life. After I introduced him right here, he acquired hooked on to freestyle wrestling and located peace within the sport. Right this moment, he has made all the nation proud,” Sehrawat stated.
Aman justified his uncle’s resolution by successful a bronze on the World Cadet Championship in 2018, earlier than securing the Asian Championships title within the junior class. He turned a nationwide champion in 2021 and adopted the triumph up with U-23 Asian and world titles in 2022 and bronze on the Hangzhou Asiad in his debut Video games final 12 months.
This 12 months, too, he that he is prepared for the Paris Video games by clinching the title on the prestigious Zagreb Open and ending runners-up on the Budapest rating collection. Lone Indian male wrestler within the fray in Paris, Aman had secured the berth on the world qualifiers in Istanbul after defeating the likes of Tokyo Olympics medallists -Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya -at the nationwide choice trials.
“He was at all times a disciplined wrestler, very quiet and shy and at all times targeted on his wrestling. He by no means fought with anybody at Chhatrasal. His routine has been to coach, eat correctly and sleep. Sagar pehelwan, who now works with Air Drive, took particular care of him by arranging for his eating regimen together with dry fruits, ghee and milk. Aman used to stick with him and Sagar will deal with him like his youthful brother,” stated Chhatrasal’s veteran coach Dharmendra Vats.
Aman misplaced 2.5 kgs in 10 hrs
Vats knowledgeable that Aman misplaced 2.5 kgs to fulfill the 57kg class restrict inside 10 hours forward of his bronze medal playoff. He weighed 59.5 kgs after his semifinal defeat to Japan’s Rei Higuchi. “He underwent an intense routine which included sizzling bathtub, gymnasium session, operating, jogging and sauna periods,” Vats stated.