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Olympics 2024, Wrestling: Indian male wrestler Aman Sehrawat has won another medal for India at the Paris Olympics-2024. He appeared in the bronze medal match in the 57 kg category. He was facing Darian Toi Cruz of Puerto Rico. We defeated Cruz 13-5 and added the sixth medal to India's kitty.
After Vinesh Phogat missed the medal, it seemed that India would return empty-handed in wrestling at the Olympic Games for the first time since 2008, but we did not let India go empty-handed by performing strongly in the bronze medal match.
From the very beginning, Johar
We showed strength and did not let our opponent dominate us. Cruz took the first point when he pushed Aman off the mat, but Aman immediately took a two-point lead. Cruz then took two points to take a 3-2 lead. Aman did not panic and played calmly. He scored two points and took a 4-2 lead. After this, we did not give any chance to his opponent and kept scoring points.
Medal dedicated to the country
We have dedicated this medal to the entire country. After the medal, he told us that he dedicates this medal to his country and parents. Aman's medal is the seventh medal for Indian wrestling in the Olympics. KD Jadhav won a bronze medal for India in the 1952 Olympics. After this, Sushil Kumar won a bronze medal in the Beijing Olympics-2008 and a silver medal in the London Olympics-2012. Yogeshwar Dutt won a bronze medal for India in the London Olympics itself.
Sakshi Malik won the bronze medal for India in the Rio Olympics-2016. Bajrang Punia won the bronze medal and Ravi Kumar Dahiya won the silver medal for India in the Tokyo Olympics-2020.