At 21, Sehrawat grew to become India’s youngest particular person medal winner within the historical past of Olympics.Hailing from the famend Chhatrasal akhadaa, a wrestling academy with a wealthy historical past, he offered a glimpse into his psychological preparation earlier than probably the most vital bout of his younger profession.
“First I assumed, I’m within the semi-final and I misplaced six factors. Then it hit me that I’ve misplaced six factors in an Olympic bout what ought to I do now? I advised myself that it is not an Olympic bout and I am nonetheless combating on the state degree,” Aman advised PTI Movies in an unique interview on his return from Paris.
“So, I did not consider it as an Olympic bronze medal match. Simply considered it as any state degree sport to get my thoughts off the event,” the star wrestler mentioned.
On how he managed to shed weight earlier than his bouts, Aman replied: “It was not a significant concern, we already had plans to chop weight and had some 3.5 kg was elevated. So I reduce the burden in a single day after which I went for the weigh in,” mentioned the 57 kg division grappler, who was discovered to weight precisely 100 gram lower than cut-off mark, an identical quantity that famed Vinesh Phogat had exceeded.
On how he felt in turning into the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal, he mentioned: “Feels nice. Now the intention is to vary the color of the medal on the subsequent Olympics (in Los Angeles in 2028). I’ll work exhausting for it.”
He additionally acknowledged the contributions of Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya, who served as his mentor.
“Ravi Dahiya has performed an enormous position in my journey. We adopted his footsteps in coaching and received impressed by him.”
He’s deeply grateful to his brother for caring for him after he misplaced each his dad and mom at a younger age.
“My journey was certainly tough however my brother Sagar took care of me. Not for as soon as did he let me really feel the parental void. He took excellent care of me.”
Aman believes there’s nonetheless loads of time left in his profession, and he goals to improve the colour of the medal he earned in Paris.
“I’ll strive my greatest to win the gold medal within the subsequent Olympics,” he signed off.
