Wanted to treat bronze medal bout as state meet match: Aman Sehrawat

New Delhi, Aug 13 (PTI) Not getting bogged by the enormity of the occasion was foremost on wrestler Aman Sehrawat’s mind when he took the mat for the Olympic bronze medal play-off bout, treating it as another state level competition.

India’s youngest individual medal winner at the Paris Olympics, the 21-year-old from the iconic Chhatrasal akhadaa (wrestling academy), gave a sneak peek into his mindset before the biggest bout of his nascent career.

“First I thought, I am in the semi-final and I lost six points. Then it hit me that I’ve lost six points in an Olympic bout what should I do now? I told myself that it isn’t an Olympic bout and I’m still fighting at the state level,” Aman told

Source: PTI News

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