Antim and Aman get seeding for Paris Olympics
The Hindu
Indian wrestlers Antim Panghal and Aman Sehrawat seeded for Paris Olympics, facing tough competition in their respective weight classes.
Two Indian wrestlers, Antim Panghal (53kg) and Aman Sehrawat (57kg), have been seeded for the upcoming Paris Olympics.
The seeding of top eight wrestlers (who accumulated points in the 2023 World championships and 2024 continental championships and Zagreb Open and Hungarian ranking series) in each weight class has been released by the United World Wrestling (UWW) for the first time for the Olympics.
World championships bronze medallist Antim has been seeded fourth. She will be clubbed with top seed Lucia Yepez Guzman of Ecuador, fifth-seeded Maria Prevolaraki of Greece and eighth seed Andreea Ana of Romania in the top half of the draw.
In effect, she will not meet Sweden’s two-time European champion Emma Malmgren (second seed), Japan’s Asian Games champion Akari Fujinami (third), Nigeria’s African champion Christianha Ogunsanya (sixth) and China’s Asian Games silver medallist Qianyu Pang (seventh) before the final.
In recent times, Antim lost to Emma in the Budapest Ranking Series final in June and Akari in the Asian Games and Asian championships last year.
Sehrawat, an Asian Games bronze medallist, will have a tougher draw. He will be in the bottom half of the 57kg with Japan’s 2016 Olympic silver medallist and former World champion Rei Higuchi, Armenia’s three-time Worlds bronze medallist Arsen Harutyunyan and China’s Wanhao Zou.
World champion Stevan Micic of Serbia, Asian bronze medallist Meirambek Kartbay of Kazakhstan, former World champion Zelimkhan Abkarov of Albania and Tokyo Olympian and Yasar Dogu ranking series silver medallist Gullomjon Abdullaev of Uzbekistan will be on the top half of the draw.
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