Sports · 3 October 2026
Aman Sehrawat defeats world champion Han Chong-song for Asian Games 57kg wrestling gold as Antim Panghal loses 53kg final
Exam-focused facts from the 3 October 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Aman Sehrawat won the 57kg wrestling gold at the Asian Games, defeating reigning world champion Han Chong-song of North Korea 11-7 in the final; Aman had won a bronze at the previous Asian Games in Hangzhou.
- Aman, the Paris Olympics bronze medallist, reached the final with commanding wins over Japan's Yamoto Ogawa (20-9), Kazakhstan's Nurdanat Aitanov (12-1) and Tajikistan's Aiaal Belolyubskii (14-8).
- Antim Panghal, the Hangzhou bronze medallist, lost 1-9 to Japan's 2024 world champion Moe Kiyooka in the 53kg final.
- India ended their wrestling campaign with six medals: golds for Sujeet Kalkal (65kg) and Aman, silvers for Antim Panghal and Nitesh Siwach (97kg), and bronzes for Deepak Punia (97kg) and Sunil Kumar (87kg).