Aman Sehrawat won gold medal in Asian Wrestling Championship 2023

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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.

An Overview of the News

• 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.

About Kazakhstan:

• It is a Central Asian country that was once a part of the Soviet Union. It became an independent nation in 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
• The country is the ninth largest country in the world by land area, stretching from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Altai Mountains in the east.
• The capital of Kazakhstan is Nur-Sultan, which was renamed from Astana in 2019. It is a modern city known for its futuristic architecture.
• Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan and an important cultural and economic centre. It was the capital of Kazakhstan until 1997 when the government was moved to Astana.