4.6 kgs misplaced in 10 hours: How Aman Sehrawat labored in a single day to prepare for his bronze medal match | Paris Olympics 2024 Information

NEW DELHI: Aman Sehrawat, after dropping within the males’s 57kg wrestling semifinal on Thursday, was 4.5 kilograms over the permissible weight restrict (61.5kg) however guided by his Indian coaches, he efficiently shed the surplus weight inside 10 hours, enabling him to compete for and win the bronze medal on Friday.
Working relentlessly in a single day, the Aman’s group ensured that he met the burden standards, thus avoiding a possible disqualification.

The 21-year-old Aman’s semifinal defeat to Japan’s Rei Higuchi occurred round 6:30 pm.
Losing no time, the mission for Sehrawat and his coaches started instantly with a one-and-a-half-hour mat session centered on standing wrestling. Jagmander Singh and Virender Dahiya, senior Indian coaches, led the rigorous weight-cutting regime.

Following the mat session, he endured a one-hour hot-bath session.
At 12:30 am, Aman moved to the fitness center for a continuous one-hour treadmill run to induce sweating and weight reduction.
A short 30-minute break was given earlier than partaking in 5 5-minute periods of the sauna tub.
By the tip of the sauna periods, Aman’s weight was nonetheless 900 grams above the restrict.
He then acquired a therapeutic massage and was instructed to do mild jogging. This was adopted by 5 15-minute operating periods.
By 4:30 am, Aman weighed in at 56.9kg, 100 grams under the restrict, bringing aid to the coaches and wrestler alike.
In between periods, Aman consumed lukewarm water blended with lemon and honey, together with a little bit of espresso.
Regardless of the exhausting routines, Aman selected to not sleep.
“I watched movies of wrestling bouts the entire night time,” Sehrawat stated.
“We stored checking his weight each hour. We did not sleep the entire night time, not even through the day,” stated coach Dahiya.
“Weight reducing is routine, regular for us however there was stress, plenty of stress as a consequence of what occurred the opposite day (with Vinesh). We couldn’t let slip one other medal,” stated Dahiya.
All of the onerous work got here to a fruition when Aman received the bronze medal, beating Puerto Rico’s Darian Cruz on Friday to turn into India’s youngest ever Olympic medallist.