NEW DELHI: Young India wrestler Aman Sehrawat stormed into the final of the 57kg competition at the Asian Wrestling Championships in Astana on Thursday.
Sehrawat, who trains at Delhi's famed Chhatrasal stadium, continued his impressive run on the senior circuit, defeating Japan's Rikuto Arai 7-1 in the quarter-final before getting the better of Chinese Wanhao Zou 7-4 in the semi-final.
Sehrawat, who won the U23 World Championships last year, will now clash with Kyrgyzstan's Almaz Smanbekov in the gold-medal bout.
It will be a second podium finish of the 2023 season for Sehrawat, who had won a bronze at the Zagreb Open in February.
Two other Indians reached the bronze-medal round on Thursday. Deepak Kukna (79kg) and Deepak Nehra (97kg) will fight for bronze medals after losing their respective semi-finals.
But it was the end of the road for Anuj Kumar (65kg) and Mulayam Yadav (70kg) as they could not reach the medal round.
India have won 11 medals so far in the competition. The Greco-Roman wrestlers won four medals while the women grapplers grabbed seven.
(With inputs from PTI)
