Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat in semis; defeats former world champion in one-sided match

PARIS: India’s Aman Sehrawat has entered the semi-finals of men's freestyle wrestling 57kg. Aman beat Albania's former world champion Zelimkhan Abakarov 11-0. Aman entered the quarterfinals after defeating Macedonia's Vladimir Egorov in a one-sided match.

In another match, Jyoti Yarraji was eliminated in the repechage round of the women's 100m hurdles. In women's freestyle wrestling, Anshu Malik lost in the pre-quarters in the 57 kg category. Apart from the dismal exits, India will hope to clinch their first gold of the Olympics with Neeraj Chopra set to play the finals at 11.55 pm IST.

Accreditation of Indian wrestler Antim Panghal has been cancelled while she is also facing chances of deportation after trying to smuggle her sister inside the Olympic village. Antim tried illegally to bring her sister Nisha Panghal into the Olympic Village. Nisha was stopped by the Paris police while trying to enter the village using her sister’s card.

Both the sisters were later detained and interrogated. It is reported that the government with mutual consent with IOA will likely deport both of them to India upon completing the interrogation. The breach of discipline has been brought to the notice of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) by the French authorities. The IOA then decided to send Antim and her coaching staff back to India immediately.