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Aman Sehrawat defeated Zelimkhan Abakarov in the men’s 57kg freestyle semi-finals on Thursday, while Anshu Malik lost to Helen Maroulis in women’s 57kg freestyle Round of 16 bout. read more
 "Aman Sehrawat storms into semi-finals by beating former world champion Zelimkhan Abakarov")
India's Aman defeated North Macedonia's Vladimir Egorov, right, compete in the round of 16 of the men's freestyle 57kg wrestling match. AP
Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat made an impressive start to his debut Olympics campaign at the Paris 2024 as he stormed into the men’s 57kg freestyle semi-finals on Thursday by beating former world champions Zelimkhan Abakarov by technical superiority (12-0).
Earlier in the day he had defeated North Macedonia’s Vladimir Egorov also by technical superiority (10-0).
Anshu Malik, however, lost her women’s 57kg freestyle first round match against Helen Maroulis 7-2. Anshu’s bronze medal chances through the Repechage round also were dashed when Maroulis lost in the semi-final.
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In the quarter-finals, Sehrawat pulled off an incredible move by locking Abakarov’s legs and rolling him multiple times on the mat to win the match in a quick time.
In the pre-quarters, the 21-year-old Aman, an Asian Championship gold medallist and the only male wrestler from the country to qualify for the Olympics was amazingly agile as he kept his defence intact while regularly overpowering his 29-year-old former European champion with leg holds to win the bout on technical superiority (10-0).
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) August 8, 2024Egorov seemed to be in a bit of bother after the first round, requiring medical attention on his knee following Aman’s all-out attack.
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But the Macedonian could not stage a comeback with Aman effecting a takedown to earn two more points and go 10-0 up with more than two minutes remaining on the clock.
Aman’s semi-final will take place later in the day at 9.45 pm IST against Japan’s Rei Higuchi.
Higuchi is a Rio Olympics silver medallist in the 57kg event and also silver at world championships in the same category. He also has a world championship gold in 61kg event.
With PTI inputs
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