Aman Sehrawat of Jhajjar, who gained the gold medal within the Senior Nationwide held in Ahmedabad.
Aman Sehrawat gained a gold medal on the Nationwide Wrestling Championships 2025 on the Veer Savarkar Sports activities Advanced, Naranpura, in Ahmedabad on Saturday, 13 December. Sehrawat gained the highest prize within the males’s freestyle 61kg class.
Sehrawat, who had an eyebrow harm, defeated Nikhil 10-0 within the last performed to win the gold medal. After profitable the gold medal, he shared an emotional Instagram publish the place he thanked everybody who believed in him.
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Sehrawat wins gold battling eyebrow harm
The 22-year-old had sustained an eyebrow harm throughout his quarter-final conflict towards Lalit. He then had the harm bandaged and continued to take part within the competitors, finally profitable the gold medal. He additionally posed for images with followers after his gold medal win.
Aman Sehrawat together with his supporters after profitable the gold medal within the Senior Nationals.
Sehrawat shares motivational Instagram publish
After profitable the gold medal, Sehrawat wrote an emotional Instagram publish, saying that this victory is a second of pleasure for him. After going via a interval of decline, failures, and self-doubt within the final yr, this medal is not only a win, however ‘a comeback of endurance, wrestle and never-giving-up religion.’
Aman Sehrawat shares Instagram publish after profitable gold medal
‘After a yr of downfall, failures and self-doubt, this medal is not only a win however a comeback of endurance, wrestle and never-giving-up religion. Even when circumstances had been towards me, some folks’s religion remained with me—and at this time, this achievement is the results of the identical belief.’
He additionally thanked his assist workers and colleagues who stood by him in his troublesome instances and stored motivating him. Sehrawat added that his full focus is now on 2026.
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Was disqualified from World Wrestling Championships for being 1.7 kg chubby
The Haryana wrestler was disqualified from the World Wrestling Championships earlier this yr after being discovered chubby by 1.7 kgs. He was additionally suspended by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) till September 2026 after his ‘unsatisfactory’ response to a disciplinary discover. Nevertheless, he apologized to the WFI via a letter and his suspension was lifted.
Participant Aman Sehrawat with the staff after profitable the medal.
Youngest Indian to win Olympic medal
Sehrawat, at simply 21 years, had turn into the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal. He had bagged a bronze in males’s freestyle 57kg wrestling occasion, beating Puerto Rico’s Darian Cruz 13-5.
First main nationwide wrestling competitors after 2024
This event, held in Ahmedabad, was his first main nationwide wrestling competitors after the Paris Olympics 2024. Sehrawat’s golden comeback shouldn’t be solely an important turning level in his profession but in addition sends an inspirational message to the nation’s younger wrestlers.
