Aman Sehrawat wins 57kg wrestling gold at Asian Games

Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat won gold in the men’s freestyle 57kg category at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday. He defeated North Korea’s Han Cong Song in the final bout. Sehrawat looked sharp all day. He beat Tajikistan’s Aiaal Belolyubskii 14-8 in the semifinal. In the quarterfinal, he came from 8-9 down to beat Japan’s Yamato Ogawa 20-9. There was more good news for India in wrestling. Antim Panghal reached the women’s 53kg final after beating China’s Jin Zhang 6-1. She will fight for gold too. Deepak Punia’s hopes of 97kg gold ended with a narrow 8-9 loss to Uzbekistan’s Sherzod in the semifinal. Punia will now compete in the bronze medal bout. Sagar Jaglan also moved into the 74kg bronze bout after winning his repechage. India had won 19 gold medals out of 81 total medals at the Games by Saturday afternoon. Wrestling has once again proved to be one of India’s strongest sports.
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