Aman Sehrawat lived as much as the excessive expectations by locking the Paris Olympics quota within the males’s freestyle 57kg class however Deepak Punia was eradicated from the qualification race following his crushing first-round defeat on the World Qualifiers in Istanbul on Saturday. Aman, the U23 world champion and likewise the senior Asian Championship title winner, was anticipated to place up a robust present and he didn’t disappoint. The 20-year-old Aman, who trains at Chhatrasal stadium, obtained double digit scores in all his three bouts, successful two of them by technical superiority.
He’s first Indian male wrestler to safe berth for Paris Video games, saving the nation from embarrassment of no qualification in males’s part.
Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya additionally competes in 57kg and if WFI holds trials Aman might must wrestle with him to e book his Paris ticket.
Additionally placing up a formidable present was Sujeet Kalkal, who misplaced the lads’s 65kg semifinal 1-6 to Mongolia’s formidable Tulga Tumur-Ochir, the Asian Video games champion and Asian Championship silver medallist.
Earlier than shedding, Sujeet, who competes in a class which the celebrated Bajrang Punia had made his personal, expectedly put up a combating present, successful 3-2 towards Uzbekistan’s Umidjon Jalolov and adopted that up with a technical superiority victory towards Korea’s Junsik Yun.
He now must win two bouts on Sunday to qualify for the Paris Video games.
Aman logged factors comfortably in each his bouts, successful 10-4 towards Georgi Valentinov Vangelov earlier than overpowering Ukraine’s Andrii Yatsenko.
Yatsenko was fast however Aman proved too sturdy for him. Locked a number of occasions in arm-locks, Aman discovered methods to assault his rival’s proper leg and transformed them into take down strikes. He received by technical superiority, with out conceding a single level towards the Ukrainian.
Within the all-important bout towards North Korea’s Chongsong Han, the Indian wrestler displayed great protection and counter-attacking abilities to emerge a snug winner with a 12-2 scoreline.
The primary interval was shut and Aman led 3-2 however he gave no probability to Han within the second. Han had obtained into a robust place when he obtained maintain of Aman’s left leg however the Indian discovered a method to wriggle out and push his opponent out for a 4-2 lead.
He executed a takedown transfer after which rolled Han thrice in leg-lace transfer to finish the bout.
Punia (86kg), who had missed a bronze medal on the Tokyo Video games by a whisker, ran into a really highly effective Zushen Lin from China in his first bout and ended up shedding 4-6 regardless of taking the lead.
Punia, probably the most skilled wrestler within the Indian squad, was fast together with his assault within the first interval, which he ended with a 3-0 cushion.
Nonetheless, the Chinese language turned the tables on the Indian, starting with a double-leg assault which he transformed right into a takedown transfer for 2 factors. He rolled Punia to make it 4-3.
Working out of time, Punia was fast together with his strikes and regarded for a two-pointer close to the sting of the circle however the referee awarded a push-out level. The Chinese language was nonetheless forward on standards. He ended Punia hopes with one other takedown.
The Chinese language later misplaced his quarterfinal, closing the repechage route for the Indian.
Within the 74kg weight class, Jaideep Ahlawat pulled off a surprising four-pointer double-leg assault after trailing 1-3 to win 5-3 towards Moldova’s Vasile Diacon and transfer into the pre-quarterfinals.
He additionally received his subsequent bout by technical superiority towards Austria’s Simon Marchl however misplaced his quarterfinal tamely 0-3 to Slovakia’s Taimuraz Salkazanov. He stays in competition although. If the Slovakian reaches the ultimate, Jaideep will get an opportunity by way of the repechage route.
Earlier within the day, Deepak (97kg) and seasoned Sumit Malik (125kg) misplaced their first-round bouts.
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