Paris Olympics 2024: Wrestler Aman Sehrawat Loses Semifinal Bout To Rei Higuchi, To Fight For Bronze

Paris: Youthful Indian grappler Aman Sehrawat lost to Jap flawless-seed Rei Higuchi inner the 57kg free-edition semifinal bout because the United States’s hopes of successful a gold from wrestling suffered a considered wanted blow on the Paris Olympics 2024 on Thursday. The 21-year-historic Aman will now play for the bronze medal. Aman, who had raised hopes of securing an regional inner the final following two big victories in opposition to celebrated opponents inner the sooner rounds, grew to develop into no match for the 28-year-historic Higuchi — the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medallist — because the Jap toyed with the Indian to stamp his technical superiority with a 10-zero win in precisely over two minutes.

Higuchi’s most worthy way grew to develop into evident inner the first few seconds when he attacked Aman’s legs to take a 4-zero lead. The Jap, a former world champion in 2022 at Belgrade inner the 61kg sort, stored up the strain on the Indian, focused on Aman’s legs and effecting every day throw downs with out a complication to garner six extra points to finish the opponents.

Aman had formerly rekindled the United States’s hopes, demolishing former world champion Zelimkhan Abakarov of Albania by the use of technical superiority to seal an regional inner the semifinal. Aman grew to develop into in imperious sort as he toyed with Abakarov inner the second round. Aman locked the opponent’s legs on the foundation of the second round and flipped him over a couple of instances to earn eight straight points to stable a 12-zero victory.

The bout commenced with Aman earing a passivity difficulty after his Russian-turned-Albanian opponent didn't initiate any attacking pass. Moments later, the Indian effected a left-leg keep to earn two extra points to indicate off his dominance by the use of going three-zero up on the conclusion of round 1.

Aman grew to develop into on song in round 2 and Abakarov, world champion in 2022, bore the brunt. The Indian’s fine agility in opposition to the 31-year-historic Albanian grew to develop into on expose as he attacked the left leg to bring up him down. He then effected a ‘fitley’ (leg lace), turning the Albanian round a lot of instances to finish the opponents with extra than two minutes to pass.

Abakarov contested the flawless two points awarded to Aman alternatively the referee ruled in favour of the Indian and awarded him a difficulty. Aman will meet Jap flawless seed Rei Higuchi inner the flawless-4 round later inner the day. Aman’s pre-quarterfinal round grew to develop into also a cakewalk as he ensured a common passage into the flawless-eight with a dominating good-liked efficiency in opposition to North Macedonian rival Vladimir Egorov.

Aman, an Asian Championship gold medallist and the handiest male wrestler from the United States to qualify for the Olympics, grew to develop into amazingly agile as he stored his defence intact even as by the use of and big overpowering his 29-year-historic former European champion with leg holds to win the bout on technical superiority (10-zero).

Egorov gave the look to be to be in a bit of bother after the first round, requiring clinical passion on his knee following Aman’s all-out assault. Nonetheless the Macedonian should no longer stage a comeback with Aman effecting a takedown to earn two extra points and go 10-zero up with extra than two minutes remaining on the clock.

Lady grappler Anshu Malik displayed great sequence alternatively should no longer breach the defence of USA’s vastly experienced Helen Louise Maroulis, shedding 2-7 inner the 57kg pre-quarterfinals. It grew to develop into a rematch of the 2021 World Championship final in Oslo where Anshu wanted to settle for silver in opposition to the American.

Anshu’s hopes of qualifying for the bronze-medal bout now hinge on ‘repechage’ equipped Helen, the 2016 Rio Olympics gold medallist and Tokyo Games bronze medallist, reaches the final.  Anshu grew to develop into up in opposition to 1 of the typical predominant reputed wrestlers inner the world, alternatively she fought with a lot of gumption to concede simply two points inner the first round. Helen attacked Anshu’s left leg and then pushed the Indian to the mat to take a 2-zero lead.

The Indian then held Helen, a 3-time world champion, at bay inner the first round prior to the American obtained here lower again to indicate off her pedigree inner the second and win regardless of getting a warning.