Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded wrestler Aman Sehrawat for successful the bronze medal on the Paris Olympics and mentioned his life is inspirational for others. Congratulating the 21-year-old athlete over the cellphone, he famous that Sehrawat was the youngest of the Indian medal-winners on this Olympic video games, and mentioned his feat will proceed to carry the nation pleasure for a very long time. “Your life is inspirational for the individuals of the nation,” the prime minister mentioned. Modi famous that Sehrawat misplaced his mother and father at a younger age and has devoted himself to wrestling.
Sehrawat conveyed his because of the prime minister for all of the amenities given to him and expressed confidence about successful the gold medal within the subsequent Olympic video games. “Olympics 2028 mein gold le aaunga (I’ll win gold medal in Olympics 2028),” promised Aman to PM Modi.
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi known as Aman Sehrawat to congratulate him on successful the Bronze medal within the males’s freestyle wrestling occasion on the Paris Olympics 2024. pic.twitter.com/A2MGFYejEE
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Aman Sehrawat grew to become India’s youngest ever Olympic medallist by clinching the 57kg free-style class bronze lower than a month after his twenty first birthday to finish a memorable Video games debut and raise the sagging spirits of the controversy-hit nationwide wrestling contingent in Paris on Friday.
Sehrawat, who turned 21 on July 16, notched up a commanding 13-5 win over Puerto Rico’s Darian Cruz in a high-intensity third-place contest.
Earlier than him, the celebrated P V Sindhu held the title of being India’s youngest Olympic podium finisher after she claimed a silver within the 2016 Video games on the age of 21 years, one month and 14 days.
Sehrawat has not even accomplished a month since turning 21. His effort helped India win its sixth medal and transfer nearer to the Tokyo Video games tally of seven. The nation has to this point secured one silver and 5 bronze, together with at this time’s medal.
The U-23 world champion was the lone Indian male wrestler to qualify for the Paris Video games and he didn’t disappoint, successful 13-5 within the bronze play-off.
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