Thu. May 2nd, 2024
Aman loses, no Olympics quota for India in men's freestyle

Aman Sehrawat misplaced to Uzbekistan’s Gulomjon Abdullaev in the semifinal of men’s 57 Kg at Bishkek Arena, ensuing in no Paris Olympics quota location for India in men’s freestyle class at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Friday.

It was a horrible working day on the mat for Indian men’s freestyle wrestlers which added to their despair soon after the unfortunate information in the early morning, that two of the important wrestlers, Deepak Punia and Sujeet Kalkal were being disqualified as they failed to access the arena on time. They had been stranded at the Dubai airport the night time before their bouts thanks to rain and floods.

India experienced only just one wrestler in the evening session competing for a quota place. But Aman could not gain a quota area as Gulomjon humbled him on the mat with a dominating victory long lasting for just two minutes.

Aman, who was one of the favourites for India but unluckily drawn with the Uzbek, presently competed at the Olympics in Tokyo in 2021 where by he marginally shed to the eventual Olympic winner Zaur Uguev of Russia.

At the Asian Olympic Qualifiers, Aman achieved the last after two dominating technical superiority wins in excess of Kazakhstan and South Korean wrestlers in the previously rounds. Aman alongside all other Indian wrestlers will have a second possibility of successful a quota for Paris 2024 at the Entire world Qualifiers in Turkey scheduled from 9-12 May perhaps.

Previously in the working day, all a few Indian wrestlers bowed out from the competitiveness immediately after dropping their opening-spherical encounters. Jaideep missing a extremely close bout 2-2 towards property favourite Toktomabeto in the quarterfinals even though Deepak (97 Kg) and Sumit (125 Kg) dropped without small resistance against Japan’s Yoshida and Mongolian Lkhagvagerel respectively.

5 Indian female wrestlers led by Vinesh Phogat and Anshu Malik will start their quest for the Paris Olympics quota spots on Saturday at 10:00 AM IST.

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By TFW

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