Olympic medallist Aman Sehrawat won a silver medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2026 after losing the men’s freestyle 61kg final in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Sunday.
The 22-year-old Aman Sehrawat, who became India’s youngest Olympic medal winner at Paris 2024, lost to Kwang Myong Kim of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 13-10 in the final.
In the semi-finals, Aman battled past Ahmad Javan of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Aman Sehrawat’s compatriot Mukul Dahiya also had to settle for silver in the men’s 86kg category after going down 7-0 to two-time Asian champion Kamran Ghasempour of Iran.
Meanwhile, Dinesh bagged bronze in the 125kg category after a 7-1 win over Shamil Sharipov of Bahrain.
The three medals – two silver and a bronze – on the final day took India’s overall tally at the Asian Wrestling Championships to 17.
India’s Greco-Roman wrestlers finished with five medals – two silvers and three bronze, while the women’s contingent also won five, which included a silver and four bronze.
Indian men clinched seven medals, including two gold, three silver and two bronze.
India had sent 30 wrestlers to the 2026 Asian Wrestling Championships, with 10 each in men’s freestyle, women’s and Greco-Roman categories.
Asian Wrestling Championships 2026: Indian medal winners
- Gold: Sujeet Kalkal (men’s 65kg)
- Gold: Abhimanyou Mandwal (men’s 70kg)
- Silver: Lalit Sehrawat (Greco-Roman 55kg)
- Silver: Nitesh Siwach (Greco-Roman 97kg)
- Silver: Aman Sehrawat (men’s 61kg)
- Silver: Mukul Dahiya (men’s 86kg)
- Silver: Meenakshi Goyat (women’s 53kg)
- Silver: Sandeep Mann (men’s 79kg)
- Bronze: Sunil Kumar (Greco-Roman 87kg bronze)
- Bronze: Prince (Greco-Roman 82kg bronze)
- Bronze: Sachin Sahrawat (Greco-Roman 67kg bronze)
- Bronze: Hansika Lamba (women’s 55kg)
- Bronze: Neha (women’s 59kg)
- Bronze: Monika (women’s 65kg)
- Bronze: Harshita (women’s 72kg)
- Bronze: Ankush (men’s 57kg)
- Bronze: Dinesh (men’s 125kg)
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