Pranab Bhattacharya

Aman Sehrawat didn't sulk brood after losing in the Olympic semifinals. He had a nearly 5kg weight cut ahead of him. 'Ek baar me wazan nahi banna tha. 3 session lage' he says. He says he was working out until 3am in the training hall trying to shed the last couple of hundred grams. No food or drink enters his body. Aman isn't saying this to get sympathy. He's simply stating a matter of fact. Chhatrasal stadium - the greatest finishing school of Indian wrestling --where he's trained from the time he first arrived as an orphaned 11 year old doesn't teach sympathy or softness. You do what you need to do or you go home. Aman Sehrawat did what he needs to do. Nothing more, he says. He made weight. He wins bronze. When he goes back to Chhatrasal stadium, he will stay in the same 50sq foot room he shares with two other wrestlers. He will take down the hand painted picture of the Paris Olympic medals that he had put up and replace it with the real thing. Then he will put up another poster of the LA2028 games. sportstar.thehindu.com/olymp…