aman sehrawat won bronze medal in wrestling 57 kg weight category
aman shedding 4.6 kg weight in 10 hour
aman coach dahiya said that they had to keep checking the weight every hour
Ahead of his bronze medal play-off on Friday, Aman Sehrawat faced a daunting challenge after his semifinal defeat on Thursday, August 8. Weighing in at 61.5kg, 4.5 over the permissible limit for the men’s 57kg category, the Indian wrestler had just 10 hours to shed the excess weight. Alongside him were Indian coaches Jagmander Singh and Virender Dahiya, who took on the critical task of helping him lose the extra weight in time for the next weigh-in.
Coach Dahiya said that they had to keep checking the weight every hour and they didn't sleep as well throughout the night.
“We kept checking his weight every hour. We didn't sleep the whole night, not even during the day,” said coach Dahiya.
“Weight cutting is routine, normal for us but there was tension, a lot of tension due to what happened the other day (with Vinesh). We could not let slip another medal,” said Dahiya.
The final result was seeing Aman get the first medal from the wrestling contingent in this year's Paris Olympics 2024.
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