Paris Olympics 2024: Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat (57kg) wins bronze medal, beating Puerto Rico’s Darian Cruz 13-5. This is Sehrawat’s first Olympics games.
21-year-old wrestler Aman Sehrawat had bowed out to Japan’s Rei Higuchi in the semi-finals.
With Aman Sehrawat’s bronze medal, India continued to secure a medal in wrestling at every edition of the Olympic Games since 2008.
Aman had stormed into the semi-finals to have a chance of competing for the medal with a technical superiority 12-0 win over Albania’s Zelimkhan Abakanov.
India at Paris Olympics 2024
India has won five bronze medal in Paris Olympics 2024. These include Manu Bhaker for Women’s 10m air pistol shooting, Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh for Mixed team 10m air pistol shooting, Swapnil Kusale for Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions shooting, Men’s Hockey.
The Indian men’s hockey team sealed a 2-1 win against Spain in the bronze playoff.
India also has won a Silver medal – Neeraj Chopra for Men’s javelin throw. Chopra, who was the men’s javelin throw defending champion, threw 1.87m more than what he managed in Tokyo, but missed out on gold. Gold went to Arshad Nadeem as the Pakistani athlete managed an Olympic record throw of 92.97m.