Wrestling Highlights, Paris 2024 Olympics, Day 13 — August 8: Aman Sehrawat loses 57kg FS semifinal to Higuchi, to play bronze medal match tomorrow; Anshu Malik loses in first round

Not all is lost for Aman Sehrawat as he will play for a bronze medal against Uzbekistan’s Gulomjon Abdullaev tomorrow, August 9. 

Higuchi pins down Aman again to win two more points and a rollover ends this bout in just over two minutes as Aman concedes a 10-point lead to Higuchi who wins the bout and goes through the final with a win via technical superiority.

Aman looks more active wrestlers of the two wrestlers here but Higuchi straight away pins down the Indian to gain a four-point lead. A leg hold gives two more points to Higuchi who takes his lead to six points. 

Aman in blue, Higuchi in red. 

Aman Sehrawat will take on the number one seed from Japan Rei Higuchi in the semifinal at 9:45 PM. 

Helen Louise Maroulis, the USA wrestler who beat Anshu in the first round is through to the semifinals and will take on Japan’s Tsugumi Sakurai for a spot in the final. If Helen beats the number one seed Sakurai in the semis, Anshu will get a chance to play in the repechage and fight for a bronze medal!

Fifth-seeded wrestler, India’s Aman Sehrawat will take on the number one seed from Japan Rei Higuchi in the semifinal. 

A double ankle-hold takes the Albanian down and he delivers a couple of feat-lays to widen the gap. He quickly makes it 11-0 with the third role of feat-lay to win this bout via technical superiority. The Albanian takes a challenge for the third feat-lay but loses and Aman gets one more point to end the bout 12-0.

A small halt in the live action as Zelimkhan gets some medical attention. Aman meanwhile looks primed to win this bout, he just needs to survive the next three minutes. 

Aman survives the next 30 seconds and wins the first point after Zelimkhan fails to win any points in the 30-second passivity warning time. Aman then pins down Zelimkhan to take two more points. 

The first half belongs to the Indian.

A close start as Aman is looking for an opening in the points through the move on Zelimkhan but the Albanian is showing some good defence early on in this quarterfinal bout. A warning for Zelimkhan for not engaging in any move and one more warning has been given for passivity. 

Up next, Aman Sehrawat will be in action against the fourth-seed Albania’s Zelimkhan Abakarov. 

A brilliant first-round performance from the Tokyo bronze medallist Helen who did not give any real chance to Anshu and won this bout comfortably by a scoreline of 7-2. Anshu can still play repechage if Helen makes it through to the finals. 

Helen is not giving any chances to Anshu here who is struggling to win a single point in her first round bout. Two technical points to Anshu and a yellow card warning for Helen. The American gets a single-leg hold and forces Anshu out to win one more point. 

And the tussle begins again after a short 30-second break. Both wrestlers are trying to attack shoulders of each other, kind of greco-roman style. Helen changes her direction of attack to pin down Anshu and gets another point. A twirl from Helen while getting the double thigh hold of Anshu and Anshu is now trailing by six huge points. 

Anshu is losing time in the first half here. Helen Louise is showing some brilliant defence as she continues to hold on to her slender two-point lead. Anshu stops Helen from getting her leg hold. 

The first half ends with the Indian still trailing by two points.

And we are through. Straight away both wrestlers are engaged in grappling -- attacking the shoulders. Anshu is lurking Helen and tries for a leg hold but the latter pushed the Indian away at the orange zone to win two points. 

It is the United States’s Helen Louise Maroulis who will take on India’s Anshu Malik now. 

Anshu Malik will be in action in the women’s 57kg category. 

A back hold takes down Egorov and Aman widens the gap. It is a 10-0 win via technical superiority for the Indian. 

Aman gets a left-leg hold of Egorov and he takes him down to gain two more points. The grappling continues but it is the Indian in red who is making sure Egorov does not get any point. 

A warning for passivity is given to Egorov and Aman takes him outside the blue ring and gets two points for this move. The first half is about to end with Aman being rewarded another point after his opponent failed to take a point in a 30-second passivity warning time. Aman takes Egorov out of the bounce to take one more point. 

The first half of the three minutes ended with Aman having a healthy six-point lead over Egorov.

A single leg hold from Aman which he turned into a reverse hold and gets two crucial points for the Indian. 

Headlock between Aman and his North Macedonia Vladimir Egorov that has to be separated by the referee. 

Aman Sehrawat is here! 

14:30 - Wrestling - Men’s Freestyle 57kg 1/8 Final - Aman Sehrawat

Followed by - Men’s Freestyle 57kg 1/4 Final - Aman Sehrawat (Subject to qualification)

14:30 - Wrestling - Women’s Freestyle 57kg 1/8 Final - Anshu Malik

Followed by - Women’s Freestyle 57kg 1/4 Final - Anshu Malik (Subject to qualification)

21:45 onwards - Wrestling - Men’s Freestyle 57kg Semifinal - Aman Sehrawat (Subject to qualification)

21:45 onwards - Women’s Freestyle 57kg Semifinal - Anshu Malik (Subject to qualification)

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