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Sparring, treadmill run, five sessions of Sauna: How Aman Sehrawat lost 4.6 kg in 10 hours
Aman Sehrawat had to shed 4.5 kilograms of body weight in a stipulated time of 10 hours before mandatory second-day weigh-in
Aman Sehrawat won bronze medal in the men’s freestyle 57kg match against Darian Toi Cruz (Puerto Rico) in Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris on Friday, 09 August 2024. File
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To gain something, Aman Sehrawat first needed to lose something. When the scales of the weighing machine showed 61.5 kg on Thursday (August 8, 2024) after his semi-final defeat to eventual champion Rei Higuchi, Aman had a bigger job at hand before taking the mat for the bronze medal play-off.
India's youngest Olympic bronze medal-winning grappler had to shed 4.5 kilograms of body weight in a stipulated time of 10 hours before mandatory second-day weigh-in to qualify for the 57 kg bout.
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By the time Aman was up on the weighing machine on the second morning, he along with his coaches Jagmander Singh and Virender Dahiya had accomplished the mission – reduced 4.6 kgs to be eligible for the fight at 56.9 kg.
It was the case being exactly 100 grams less than the critical limit. If 100 grams became a tragedy for Vinesh Phogat, it was a case of relief for Aman.
On Thursday, Aman lost his semifinal bout against Japan's Rei Higuchi around 6:30 pm.
There was no time to waste
The 'mission' began with a one-and-a-half-hour mat session during which the two senior coaches engaged him in standing wrestling and it was followed by a one-hour hot-bath session.
At 12:30 they hit the gym, where Aman had a non-stop one-hour run on the treadmill.
The sweating would help in cutting weight. He was then given a 30-minute break, followed by five sessions of a 5-minute sauna bath.
By the end of the last session, Aman was still weighing 900g more. He was given a massage and then the coaches asked the Chhtrasal trainee to do light jogging.
It was followed by five 15-minute running sessions. By 4:30 a.m., Aman was weighing 56.9kg – 100g less. The coaches and the wrestler heaved a sigh of relief.
In between these sessions, Aman was given lukewarm water with lemon and honey and a bit of coffee to drink. Aman would not sleep after that.
“I watched videos of wrestling bouts, the whole night.” “We kept checking his weight every hour. We didn't sleep the whole night, not even during the day,” said coach Mr. Dahiya.
“Weight cutting is routine, normal for us but there was tension, a lot of tension due to what happened the other day (with Vinesh). We could not let slip another medal,” said Mr. Dahiya.
All the hard work came to fruition when Aman won the bronze medal, beating Puerto Rico's Darian Cruz on Friday to become India's youngest-ever Olympic medallist.
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