At the Olympics in Paris 2024, Indian athletes won medals on consecutive days for the first time. While Neeraj Chopra and the Indian men’s hockey team had a great day on Thursday, the main event of Day 14 was Aman Sehrawat’s impressive ascent to the podium.
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Aman Sehrawat won the bronze medal match in the men’s 57kg freestyle, defeating Darian Cruz of Puerto Rico 13-5. At the age of 21 years and 24 days, he became the youngest medallist from India in an individual Olympic event, following his first-ever wrestling podium performance in Paris.
Additionally, he increased India’s total medal count at Paris 2024 to six—five bronze and one silver.In a podium ceremony on Friday, India’s most recent two-time Olympian medallist, Neeraj Chopra, was awarded his silver medal.
It took Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem to shatter the Olympic record to deny the Tokyo 2020 champion a second title. In contrast, India’s performance in the sports of golf and athletics was lackluster.
Diksha Dagar and Aditi Ashok dropped out of the women’s golf rankings. Before the final round, Aditi and Diksha, who were tied for 14th position after the second round, are placed T40 and T42, respectively.
While the men’s team narrowly missed qualifying for the final, the women’s team was well off the pace in the heats.
India’s accomplishments in Paris 2024: Medals and Records
Medals
Silver medalist Neeraj Chopra in athletics
Bronze medalist Aman Sehrawat in wrestling
Men’s hockey team India: Bronze
Bronze for Swapnil Kusale (shooting)
Bronze Medalist Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh (shooting)
Records
Aman Sehrawat won the youngest medallist from India in an individual Olympic event at the age of 21 years and 24 days.
Neeraj Chopra made Olympic history by becoming the first track and field athlete from an independent India to win two medals.
In men’s hockey, India won back-to-back Olympic medals for the first time since Munich in 1972.
The first male badminton player from India to make it to the Olympic singles semifinals was Lakshya Sen.
For the first time in 52 years, India defeated Australia in men’s hockey at the Summer Games.
India’s highest performance in the sport at the Olympics was achieved by Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat, who placed fourth in the mixed team archery competition.
India’s greatest success in a single Summer Games sport was three medals in shooting at Paris 2024.
Manika Batra made Olympic history as the first Indian table tennis player to advance past the pre-quarterfinals in a singles competition.
Manu Bhaker made Olympic history by being the first athlete from independent India to win two medals in the same competition
At the Olympics, Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh won the first medal for India’s shooting team.
Remarkably, Manu Bhaker became the first female shooter from India to win an Olympic medal.
Aman Sehrawat wins bronze in wrestling, marking India’s sporting debut in Paris in 2024.
On Friday, Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat defeated Darian Cruz of Puerto Rico 13-5 in the bronze medal match for men’s 57kg freestyle. At the Paris 2024 Olympics, it was India’s fifth bronze medal overall.
Aman was the lone male grappler from India and the nation’s first wrestling medallist in the Olympics, having competed in Paris. Aman is also the youngest Indian medallist in Olympic history, having turned 21 years and 24 days old.
Last year, Aman won both the Asian championship and the bronze medal at the Asian Games.
After a closely contested opening period, Aman grabbed a 6-4 lead in the bronze medal bout. But in the second, the Indian wrestler dominated on the mat, outscoring Cruz by a margin of seven points.
Score: In the men’s freestyle 57kg bronze medal wrestling match, Aman Sehrawat (IND) defeated Darian Cruz (PUR) 13-5.
Wrestling: The bronze medal match between Aman Sehrawat and Darian Cruz has begun.
Aman Sehrawat hopes to start India’s wrestling medal count at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
The bronze medal match features the 21-year-old Indian grappler taking on Puerto Rico’s Darian Cruz after winning two previous fights via technical superiority.
Cruz is a three-time medallist at the Pan American Championships and a bronze medallist at the Pan American Games. She has previously competed for the USA.
He defeated Japanese wrestler Rei Higuchi 4-1 in the round of 16, after which Aman was defeated by Japanese wrestler Gamal Mohamed in the semifinals. Cruz faced Aman for the bronze medal after the Japanese wrestler was given a bye in the round of 16.
Neeraj Chopra wins the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw at Paris 2024.
At the Paris 2024 Olympics presentation ceremony, Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra accepted his silver medal, which he won on Thursday in the men’s javelin throw final.
Chopra stood beside gold medallist and new Olympic record holder Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan and Anderson Peters of Grenada.
Aman Sehrawat and Darian Cruz in wrestling: Paris 2024 results
16-game round: defeated Vladimir Egorov 10-0 (MKD)
Quarterfinal match: defeated Zelimkhan Abakarov 12-0 (ALB)
Semi-finals: Drew Cruz lost 0–10 against Rei Higuchi (JPN)
Darian Cruz
16-game round: defeated Gamal Mohamed (EGY) 4-1
Quarterfinals: Deflated 2–12 against Japan’s Rei Higuchi
Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar fall in the rankings following the third round of golf
Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar of India had a lackluster performance on Friday in the third round of the women’s golf competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
After shooting 7 over par in the third round, Aditi Ashok, who had begun the day at T14, dropped to T40 in the rankings with a total of 6-over 222.
Diksha Dagar also plummeted in the rankings, going from T14 to T42 with a total of 7-over 223 after shooting 8 over par today at Le Golf National.
To be in the running for the women’s golf competition medal, the Indian team will need to close a deficit of more than fifteen strokes in tomorrow’s (Saturday) fourth round.
After the third round, double Olympic medallist Ko Lydia of New Zealand shares the gold medal position with Switzerland’s Morgane Metraux, who led the standings after the second round.
Score: After three rounds in the women’s golf competition, Aditi Ashok (India) is ranked T40 and Diksha Dagar (India) is ranked T42.
Aman Sehrawat?
Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat competes in the 57 kg freestyle division. His home state of Haryana is regarded as India’s wrestling capital.
He follows in the footsteps of Olympic medallists Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, and Bajrang Punia by emerging from the renowned akhada at the Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi. Aman gained prominence at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris after securing consecutive victories with technical superiority, which allowed him to advance to the semifinals.
He defeated former world champion Zelimkhan Abakarov in the quarterfinal and Vladimir Egorov in the round of 16.But in the semi-final, Rio 2016 silver champion Rei Higuchi overcame Aman.
Aman will compete against Puerto Rican Darian Cruz for the bronze medal tonight. Aman, who is 21 years old, has previously won an Asian Championship and placed third in the men’s 57kg freestyle division at the Asian Games.
In addition, he has two Grand Prix victories (in Almaty in 2022 and Zagreb in 2024). Aman’s technical advantage over all of his opponents allowed him to win the Zagreb Open.
Interestingly, at the U23 World Championships in Pontevedra 2022, he became the first Indian to earn a gold medal. Aman has also won the Asian U23 and Cadet Championships.
India’s two-time individual Olympic medallists
Sushil Kumar, a wrestler, won silver in London in 2012 and bronze in Beijing in 2008.
Sindhu won bronze in Tokyo 2020 and silver in Rio 2016.
Manu Bhaker—two bronzes in Paris 2024 for shooting
Neeraj Chopra won gold in athletics in Tokyo 2020 and silver in Paris 2024.