Aman Sehrawat clinched India’s first gold medal on the ongoing Asian Wrestling Championships after beating Kyrgyzstan’s Almaz Smanbekov within the 57kg class on Thursday. Sehrawat, who continued to impress on the senior circuit, beat Smanbekov 9-4 within the summit bout on the penultimate day of the championships. Sehrawat, who trains at Delhi’s famed Chhatrasal Stadium, had earlier overwhelmed Japan’s Rikuto Arai 7-1 within the quarterfinal earlier than defeating China’s Wanhao Zou 7-4 within the semifinal.
It was the second podium end of the 2023 season for Sehrawat, who had received a bronze on the Zagreb Open in February. He had received the U-23 World Championships final 12 months. Two different Indians additionally reached the bronze-medal spherical right here Thursday.
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Deepak Kukna (79kg) and Deepak Nehra (97kg) will battle for bronze medals after dropping their respective semifinals whilst Anuj Kumar (65kg) and Mulayam Yadav (70kg) couldn’t attain the medal spherical. With Sehrawat’s gold, India have received 12 medals to date within the competitors. The Greco-Roman wrestlers received 4 medals whereas the ladies grapplers grabbed seven.
