Aman Sehrawat, who won a bronze medal for India in wrestling at the Paris Olympics, had to lose 4.6 kg. Aman weighed 61.5 kg after losing to Japan's Ray Higuchi in the semi-finals.
One has to lose something to gain something and Aman Sehrawat, who won a bronze medal in wrestling for India at the Paris Olympics, had to lose 4.6 kg. Aman weighed 61.5 kg after losing to Japan's Ray Higuchi in the semi-finals. So now he had the challenge of losing weight before hitting the mat for the bronze medal playoff. Aman Sehrawat, the youngest Indian to win an Olympic bronze medal, lost 4.6 kg in 10 hours. He was competing in the 57kg category.
Aman Sehrawat won the bronze medal.
At the weigh-in the next morning, Aman Sherawat's coach Jagmander Singh and Virender Dahiya heaved a sigh of relief as his weight was within the prescribed limit. Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the final after she was found to be overweight by 100 grams. Aman started the 'mission' by practicing on the mat for one and a half hours with his two senior coaches. Then wash with warm water for an hour. Because sweat also reduces weight, there were five 'sauna bath' sessions of five minutes each after a half-hour break.
I lost 4.6 kg in 10 hours.
After the last session, Aman's weight was more than 900 grams, so he was massaged and the instructor asked him to do light jogging. It then ran for 15 minutes. After this, his weight reached 56.9 kg by 4.30 am. Aman was served coffee with lemon and honey and lukewarm water. He couldn't sleep after that. "I watched videos of wrestling matches throughout the night. '
The coach told the whole journey of losing weight -
"" "We checked his weight every hour." Couldn't sleep all day and night. There was tension after the incident. Although losing weight was part of the routine, we didn't want to lose another medal this time. Aman defeated Puerto Rico's Darian Cruz to win the bronze medal. '