Aman Sehrawat defeated reigning world champion Han Chong-song 11-7 to win gold in the men's 57kg freestyle wrestling at the Asian Games 2026. His victory made him the first Indian to win the category, while Sujeet Kalkal had earlier claimed 65kg gold
India secured four wrestling medal opportunities at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, with Antim Panghal and Aman Sehrawat reaching their respective finals. Sagar Jaglan and Deepak Punia also remained in contention for bronze after progressing through their respective repechage brackets.
Indian wrestler Hansika Lamba secured a silver medal in the women’s 55kg category at the Budapest Ranking Series. Freestyle wrestlers Vishal Kaliraman and Rajat Ruhal clinched bronze medals, taking India’s total medal tally at the tournament to five
Olympic bronze medallist Aman Sehrawat and Sujeet won gold in the 61kg and 65kg freestyle categories at the Senior National Wrestling Championship in Ahmedabad. RSPB lifted the Championship Trophy with 160 points, ahead of SSCB and Haryana
Aman entered the Olympics with hopes of winning gold, but his bronze medal is still a significant achievement. "I'm very happy and want to dedicate this medal to the country," Aman said. "Though I aimed for gold and was defeated in the semifinals, winning a medal on my Olympic debut is still special."
Aman, who had raised hopes of securing a place in the final following two big victories against celebrated opponents in the earlier rounds, was no match for the 28-year-old Higuchi -- the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medallist.
This was Aman's second successive win via technical superiority. Earlier, he defeated European Championships gold medallist Vladimir Egorov of North Macedonia to make it to the last-eight stage
Sehrawat, the U23 world champion, secured India's sixth wrestling quota for the Paris 2024 Olympics by defeating Chongsong Han of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 12-2 in the semi-final.
