Aman Sehrawat Versus Ravi Dahiya: A New Rivalry Is Set To Develop At Chhatrasal

Mentors at the Chhatrasal akhara are an invigorated parcel. After Sushil Kumar, the most well-known wrestler in the world and winner of two Olympic gold medals, was accused of murder, the well-known wrestling hotbed gained notoriety. Only 19, Aman Sehrawat is truly establishing himself and there is discussion of him filling the enormous shoes of the Chhatrasal greats.

Five Olympic medals have been awarded by this Model Town centre. Sehrawat, straight from winning his most memorable senior gold (57 kg) at the Asian Titles, is the man existing apart from everything else. The coaches have placed their hopes that the Under-23 Junior World Champion will carry on the akhara’s legacy.

However, even within the boundaries of Chhatrasal, Sehrawat is not a favourite but rather a challenger.

The coaches are looking forward to the battle for supremacy between the young upstart Sehrawat and the seasoned medal winner and Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Ravi Dahiya. An intriguing battle line is forming.

Dahiya is 25 years old and Sehrawat is still a teenager; both wrestlers weigh 57 kg. Dahiya is getting back in the saddle after a knee injury controlled him out of the Asian Titles in Astana, Kyrgyzstan. Like Dahiya, Sehrawat took his place and returned as champion.

“I don’t view it as a test in light of the fact that an Olympic medalist is as of now there in my class. Over the years, I have worked hard at my training. He is a senior wrestler who is currently more well-known than I am, and I admire his accomplishments. You must be great to win an Olympic decoration. Additionally, I want to win an Olympic medal. In the event that you are from Chhatrasal, you gain from early on that nothing under an Olympic award will do,” Sehrawat said on Wednesday.

Coach Lalit Kumar claims that the two have sparred rarely. Aman is younger than Ravi, who is older than him. They spar with the same partners, but we keep them apart during training. Aman trains in the arena that was renovated prior to the Commonwealth Games in 2010. Ravi has resumed training in the basement facility. They will eventually have to go through trials and win, Kumar asserts.

The room where Sehrawat trains has enormous posters of Sushil, Yogeshwar Dutt, another London Olympics wrestling medalist, and Dahiya. Last year Dahiya got the better of Sehrawat in the Republic Games preliminaries in New Delhi.

Anil Mann, another veteran at Chhatrasal, claims that having two wrestlers competing to become the best presents a pleasant headache for coaches.

Chhatrasal has had a difficult couple of years. People who were not wanted were freely entering and exiting. Things had gotten a little out of hand. Then one of the laid out mentors likewise left and began his own akhara. Around 50 grapplers moved alongside him. Mann stated, “Those dark days are behind us for good, and Aman’s success shows that Ravi’s medal restored the reputation of Chhatrasal.”

Sushil impacted a youthful Sehrawat.

Mud wrestling was started by Sehrawat in the village of Birohar in Jhajjar. At the point when Sushil won his second Olympic award at the London Games, Sehrawat told his dad he needed to move out of the town and select where India’s best grappler prepared.

I was influenced by Sushil’s medal. Regarding his early years, Sehrawat stated, “I had no ambitions of trying to make it big. I was wrestling in the village until then.”