The Asian Wrestling Championships in Astana concluded on Friday with India finishing seventh in the team rankings for freestyle categories.
Teenager Aman Sehrawat had won a gold medal on Thursday in the 57kg category, making sure that the title remained with India in that division for the fourth straight edition. Ravi Kumar Dahiya had won the gold in 57kg in the last three editions and in his absence this time around, young Aman produced a fine performance to finish top in that division.
India’s freestyle wrestlers finished with a total of three medals, with Deepak (79kg) and Anirudh Kumar (125kg) adding bronze to the tally.
Deepak Nehra (97kg) came closest otherwise, finishing 5th after losing out in the bronze medal bout.

Deepak scores 🥉for 🇮🇳 at #WrestleAstana 🤼♂
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) April 13, 2023
The 🇮🇳 wrestler defeats 🇹🇯's Shuhrat Bozorov 12-1 in the 79kg FS 🥉 medal bout by Technical Superiority!
Congratulations Deepak 🇮🇳💪 pic.twitter.com/JyXalei8fO
Team 🇮🇳 ends #WrestleAstana with Anirudh Kumar's 🥉!
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) April 14, 2023
The #KheloIndia Athelete defeats 🇺🇿's Sardorbek Kholmatov 12-2 in the First Round by Technical Superiority!
This is also Anirudh's 1⃣st ever senior-level medal in any International Competition
Congratulations champ 🥳💪 pic.twitter.com/Mg0Nnj64Rm
Aman was the only Indian to win gold across all three divisions and be crowned the continental champion.
In women’s wrestling, India won two silver medals while in Greco Roman there was one silver.
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Asian champion at 57kg ➡️ Aman AMAN 🇮🇳.@DairyMilkIn 🇮🇳 |#CheerForAllSports | #CheerForWrestling | #CadburyDairyMilk | #KuchAchhaHoJaayeKuchMeethaHoJaaye | #WrestleAstana pic.twitter.com/dCZmB8NPQv
— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) April 13, 2023
#WrestleAstana 🤼♂️#AsianChampionships
— The Field (@thefield_in) April 13, 2023
🥇 Gold medal alert 🚨
U23 World Champion Aman Sehrawat is now Senior Asian Champion. The teenager clinches 57kg gold with a superb attacking performance in the final. https://t.co/sWLrzw8N6h pic.twitter.com/5EQEHWqYX7