On 13 April, Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat won the gold medal in the men's 57 kg freestyle category at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2023 held in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Sehrawat won the gold medal by defeating Almaz Samanbekov of Kyrgyzstan with a score of 9-4.
India got its first gold medal in the Asian Wrestling Championship 2023.
It was Aman Sehrawat's second podium finish of the year. He had earlier won the gold medal in the Under-23 World Championship held in Spain last year.
India won 13 medals at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2023 with two freestyle medals, four Greco-Roman medals and seven women's wrestling medals.
The Asian Wrestling Championships is an annual wrestling competition organised by the Asian Wrestling Federation (AWF).
The championships consist of men's freestyle, men's Greco-Roman and women's freestyle wrestling events.
The first Asian Wrestling Championship was held in 1979 in Tehran, Iran.