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India’s new-generation wrestlers share lives beyond the medals
India’s wrestling team won six medals at the Asian Games: two gold, two silver and two bronze.
The result was the country’s best wrestling performance at the Games since 1962.
Four athletes in the spotlight were Aman Sehrawat, Antim Panghal, Sujeet Kalkal and Nitesh Siwach.
Their achievements include Aman’s gold, Antim’s success in the 53kg category and Nitesh becoming the first Indian since 1962 to reach an Asian Games Greco-Roman final.
At an event in India, the wrestlers also faced repeated questions about familiar topics such as training, diet and future expectations.
Antim said she had found the interviews and events more tiring than training.
Conversations offered glimpses of their lives beyond wrestling, including Antim’s teddy-bear-themed bag and Nitesh’s background as a milkman’s son.
India’s Asian Games wrestling contingent returned with six medals, its best performance at the Games since 1962.
The medals included two gold, two silver and two bronze.
At a Pro Wrestling League event, conversations with four wrestlers explored aspects of their lives beyond competition.
The athletes discussed include Aman Sehrawat, Antim Panghal, Sujeet Kalkal and Nitesh Siwach.
- Who
- Indian wrestlers Aman Sehrawat, Antim Panghal, Sujeet Kalkal and Nitesh Siwach.
- What
- The story looks at the wrestlers’ lives and interests beyond their medal-winning achievements.
- When
- The event took place on Friday, October 9; the article was published October 11, 2026.
- Where
- At the launch of the sixth season of the Pro Wrestling League. The venue is Not stated.
- Why
- The writer sought to explore what the athletes wanted people to know about them beyond familiar stories of their medals and comebacks.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Training is even better than this
India’s wrestling contingent returned with six medals, including two gold, two silver and two bronze.
The sixth season of the Pro Wrestling League was launched, and the Asian Games wrestling contingent was felicitated.
- Asian Games medals
- Six: two gold, two silver and two bronze
- Performance
- India’s best at the Games since Jakarta in 1962
- Event
- Launch of the sixth season of the Pro Wrestling League
- Athletes featured
- Aman Sehrawat, Antim Panghal, Sujeet Kalkal and Nitesh Siwach
- Nitesh Siwach
- First Indian since 1962 to reach an Asian Games Greco-Roman wrestling final
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