Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a phone call to the Paris Olympic Games medallist Aman Sehrawat. Aman, who became the youngest-ever individual medallist from India, bagged a bronze in the men’s 57kg freestyle event on Friday, August 9. The wrestler vowed to bring a gold medal in the 2028 Olympics in his phone call with the PM.

Watch the video of the phone call here:

Aman defeated Puerto Rican professional wrestler Darian Cruz in his bronze medal bout 13-5 to win the medal. He became the first wrestler to bring a medal at the Paris Games. Aman ensured the streak of bringing medals from wrestling did not break at the Olympics. The sport has brought medals at every Olympics since 2008 when Sushil Kumar had bagged a bronze.

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