On August 8, the fourth day of the Olympic Wrestling Games is taking place in Paris, and today freestyle wrestlers in the 57 kg and 86 kg weight categories took to the mat for the first time.
In the 1/4 finals of the 57 kg weight category, Asian Champion Aman Sehrawat met with World Champion and European medalist, Dagestani wrestler, competing for Albania, Zelimkhan Abakarov. Zelimkhan was considered the favorite of the match, but Aman surprised everyone and won an early victory over the world champion, thereby leaving him outside the fight for the Olympic gold medal.
Aman Sehrawat is one of the young wrestlers who had the opportunity to participate in the Olympic Games. He is only 21 years old, and he has already made it to the semi-finals of the Olympic Games.
1/4 finals. Up to 57 kg.
Rei Higuchi (Japan) - Darian Cruz (Puerto Rico) 12:2
Aman Aman (India) - Zelimkhan Abakarov (Albania) 12:0
Bekzat Almaz Uulu (Kyrgyzstan) - Spencer Lee (USA) 2:12
Gulumjon Abdullaev (Uzbekistan) - Arsen Harutyunyan (Armenia) 12:5