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The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) connected Tuesday suspended Paris Olympics bronze medallist Aman Sehrawat for 1 twelvemonth for exceeding the 57kg value bounds and getting disqualified astatine the World championships successful Zagreb, Croatia, past month.
His coaching unit were issued a warning.
The WFI had show-caused the ace wrestler connected September 23 for jumping the value bounds by 1.7kg.
On examining Aman’s reply, sent connected September 29, and getting clarifications from the enactment staff, the WFI disciplinary committee recovered his effect “unsatisfactory.” He was suspended from wrestling related activities astatine nationalist and planetary levels from September 23.
The WFI, successful its letter, said Aman, who reported for the preparatory campy successful Porec 18 days anterior to his scheduled bout connected September 14, had capable clip to support his value and fitness.
As an Olympic medallist, the federation expected the highest standards of discipline, professionalism and committedness from him. “Failure to adhere to these standards, peculiarly successful managing your weight, has not lone impacted your idiosyncratic credibility but besides tarnished the representation of the federation connected the planetary stage, causing disappointment among the wrestling fraternity and supporters,” said the letter.
It “deprived” India of a imaginable medal and caused “significant fiscal nonaccomplishment owed to the expenditure incurred by the Government of India for your information and training.”
If Aman serves the suspension fully, it whitethorn hamper his preparations for the 2026 Asian Games, wherever wrestling volition beryllium held from September 30 to October 3.
Aman’s was the 3rd specified incident, aft Vinesh Phogat and Neha Sangwan episodes successful Paris 2024 and 2025 World under-20 championships respectively, involving an Indian wrestler successful astir a year.
