Aman Sehrawat Fetches India's First Paris Olympics Wrestling Medal

The barely-21-year-old Aman Sehrawat becomes the youngest Indian Olympic medallist ever, surpassing PV Sindhu, who was 21 years, 1 month and 14 days old when she claimed the badminton women's singles silver at Rio 2016

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India's Aman Sehrawat celebrates after clinching the men's freestyle wrestling 57kg bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. Photo: PTI
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India's Aman Sehrawat produced an attacking masterclass to bring home the country's first wrestling medal at the Paris Olympics. The fifth-seeded Aman trumped Puerto Rico's Darian Cruz 13-5 to clinch the bronze. (Highlights | Medal Table | Schedule & Results)

The barely-21-year-old Aman Sehrawat becomes the youngest Indian Olympic medallist ever, surpassing PV Sindhu, who was 21 years, 1 month and 14 days old when she claimed the badminton women's singles silver at Rio 2016

Aman led 6-3 after the first round and racked up seven more points in the next three-minute period to romp home with a memorable win.

Aman had suffered a one-sided loss to Rio 2016 silver medallist Rei Higuchi in the semi-finals. Higuchi dominated the bout and won by technical superiority (10-0) to storm into the final.

The 21-year-old Aman is the youngest freestyle wrestler at the Paris Olympics and the lone male grappler to make the cut from India.

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