India have inched closer to the Tokyo medal tally in Paris, slowly but surely. At 21 years 0 months and 24 days of age, Aman Sehrawat became the youngest ever individual Olympic medallist from India after winning a superb bronze medal in men’s 57kg freestyle wrestling. PV Sindhu, who was 21 years 1 month and 4 days old when she won silver at the Rio Olympics 2016, had her record broken by him.
On Friday track and field events came to an end for India. There could have been easily a final to look forward to but originally finished fifth in their heat now upgraded as fourth where they missed out on a spot by a whisker men’s 4x400m relay team.
Now, Reetika Hooda is India’s hope for a 7th medal in women’s wrestling (76 kg). This is particularly so considering that on Friday the golfers had a day they would like to forget.
Aditi Ashok played Round 2 with an overall of one under par; she recovered well after starting badly with several birdies. Diksha Dagar also stands at one under Par overall. However, the top three started pulling away from everyone else therefore both Indians need outstanding rounds if they are serious about being noticed.
He did well by bringing home India’s first wrestling medal and he has maintained the country’s progress which began since Beijing Games of 2008 till today. Now we come down to our last Indian wrestler in action tomorrow night. Can Reetika help add one more? She starts off with an encounter against eighth seed Bernadett Nagy of Hungary before possibly facing world number one should she win it. If
