Zou wanhao

Olympian Deepak Punia: Reigning Asian champion Aman Sehrawat won the gold medal in the men's 57kg at the Zagreb Open wrestling tournament, beating China’s Zou Wanhao in the summit clash.

Sehrawat, who took the bronze last year, defeated Wanhao via technical superiority (10-0) to win the first medal in the 2024 edition of the Ranking Series on Wednesday night.

En route to his gold medal, Sehrawat beat Roberti Dingashvili of Georgia 11-0 in the semifinals after defeating Zane Richards of the USA with a similar margin in the quarterfinals. The Indian began his campaign with a dominating 15-4 win over Muhammet Karavus of Turkey in the qualification round.