Last Updated on 09/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
On the 14th day of Paris Olympics 2024 i.e. on 9th August, Indian players are showing their strength. India is hoping for a medal in wrestling today. Aman Sehrawat is going to play his bronze medal match in the 57 kg weight category. He is facing Darian Toi Cruz of Puerto Rico. If Aman wins this match, he will become the seventh Indian wrestler to win a medal in the Olympics. The match will start at 10.45 pm Indian time.
Aman Sehrawat had to face a 0-10 defeat at the hands of Japan’s Rei Higuchi in the semi-final match. Aman could not do anything special against the first seeded Japanese wrestler in the semi-final match and the match lasted only 2 minutes and 14 seconds. Rei Higuchi won on the basis of technical superiority. Let us tell you that if a wrestler takes a lead of 10 points, then the match is ended there itself. Higuchi had earlier won a silver medal in the Rio Olympics (2016) as well.
Aman Sehrawat could not do anything special against the first seeded Japanese wrestler in the semi-final match and the match lasted only 2 minutes and 14 seconds. Rei Higuchi won on the basis of technical superiority. Let us tell you that if a wrestler takes a lead of 10 points, then the match is ended there itself. Higuchi has won the silver medal in the Rio Olympics (2016). Now he has a chance to win gold in the Paris Olympics.
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In the quarter-finals, Aman entered the semi-finals by defeating Albania’s Zelimkhan Abakarov 12-0 on the basis of technical superiority. Asian Championship gold medalist and the country’s only male wrestler to qualify for the Olympics, Aman easily defeated Abakarov in the quarter-finals. In the first round, he got one point due to Abakarov’s ‘passivity’ and then two points due to ‘take down’.
The same situation prevailed for former world champion Abakarov in the second round after which the 21-year-old Indian wrestler tried to tie the ball and was successful. In this way, he scored eight points and won by technical superiority. Abakarov challenged two points in the end, but it was rejected and Aman got one more point. Earlier, Aman reached the quarter-finals on the basis of an impressive performance against North Macedonian opponent Vladimir Egorov. During the match, Aman looked very agile and while maintaining his defense, he won 10-0 on the basis of technical proficiency over the former European champion.
India’s medal winners in wrestling so far
1. KD Jadhav
Bronze Medal, Helsinki Olympics (1952)
2. Sushil Kumar
Bronze Medal, Beijing Olympics (2008)
Silver Medal: London Olympics (2012)
3. Yogeshwar Dutt
Haryana wrestler’s bet worked in the repechage
Bronze Medal: London Olympics (2012)
4. Sakshi Malik
Bronze Medal: Rio Olympics (2016)
5. Ravi Kumar Dahiya
Silver Medal: Tokyo Olympics (2020)
6. Bajrang Punia
Bronze Medal: Tokyo Olympics (2020)
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)