Wrestler Aman Sehrawat wins bronze medal in 57kg men’s freestyle at Paris Olympics

Grappler Aman Sehrawat defeated Puerto Rico wrestler Darian Cruz by 13-5 within the men’s 57 kg freestyle match on the Paris Olympics to bag India’s fifth bronze medal within the unique version of the quadrennial match.

🇮🇳🥉 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗭𝗘! Many congratulations to Aman Sehrawat on worthwhile India’s fifth Bronze medal at #Paris2024.

🤼‍♂ A top performance from him to defeat Darian Toi Cruz and recount his first-ever Olympic medal.

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🇮🇳🙌 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! Aman Sehrawat wins India’s sixth medal at #Paris2024 with an even searching preserve over Darian Toi Cruz.

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Sehrawat, 21, notched a convincing preserve towards a drained opponent, as Cruz kept extending play with tactical breaks to come to a decision a breath. Sehrawat was once 1-0 down within the first-half, however ensured a stronghold over the lawsuits thereafter and notched the stick to it the support of an out of this world eight-level lead.

India now agree with five bronze medals and a silver, which javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra bagged on Thursday. Aman received the bout 13-5 to preserve the tradition of wrestlers returning home with a medal since 2008 Beijing Games, where Sushil Kumar had performed third.

On Thursday, Aman had lost to Eastern top-seed Rei Higuchi within the semifinal bout to space up a bronze-medal bout with Darian Cruz.

(With PTI inputs)