Aman Sehrawat who lost 4.6kg in 10 Hours before Bronze Medal Match as Aman Sehrawat weighed 61.5kg after his semi-final defeat on Thursday-exactly 4.5 kilograms more than the permissible limit in the men’s 57kg -but in the next 10 hours, he worked actively with his indian coaches to lose 4.6kg.Aman Sehrawat becomes India’s youngest Olympic medallist.
21-years-old to make final a bronze to take India’s tally at the Paris Olympics to six.This wrestling medal was also in the fifth straight Olympics for India, a run that began with Sushil Kumar in 2008.Aman Sehrawat’s actual bout took place the night before-with himself. Friday morning Aman Sehrawat returned to the Athletes village Thursday night nearly a kilo-and-a-half over his competition weight of 57. This was a normal weight, but Vinesh Phogat’s sadly fate a couple days ago led to slight worry.
And it was not just the case of Vinesh Phogat that played on his mind.Alireza Sarlak, the silver medallist of world championship 2021 in the 57-kg class, had failed to make weight before the preliminary rounds on Thursday.India coach Virender Dahiya said ” After his semifinal ended, Aman had put on 1.5 kg weight, It is natural for every wrestler. He did some mat training for 1.5 hours.Then at around 12.30 am, we made him hit the gym.He returned to his room at 4 am. At 4.15 am, his weight was all fine and under control. He then returned to hi room and rested.”
Aman Sehrawat told:” It was tough to sleep. I just waited for time to weigh-in.”
He stood at 7.15am on the weigh scale, and after confirming weight cut Aman Sehrawat had some protein for breakfast.At the dinner time after twelve hours,he walked on the mat and overeat a Puerto Rican.
It was a sign Sehrawat performance, whose upper body strength,speedy leg work and undying appetite to attack have been spoken about highly at India’s best wrestling school,Chhatrasal.
This was not the reason why he was admitted to academy.Aman Sehrawat was admitted because he had nowhere else to go.