Eight freestyle wrestlers, including four women, have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics
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Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) says a wrestling camp for Tokyo Olympics bound freestyle wrestlers will begin in Warsaw, Poland, next week. Eight freestyle wrestlers, including four women, have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. The Games will start from July 23.
“We are working on the European exposure tour for the core group of wrestlers. The Indian team will also compete in the World Ranking Series in Warsaw from June 8 to 13. Hopefully, the team would leave next week,” WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar told IANS.
After the ranking series, Indian team will also attend a coaching camp in Poland. The Indian team would return in the first week of July,” he said.
After the rise in number of COVID-19 cases in India, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) closed both the men and women’s camps, in Sonepat and Lucknow respectively.
“We recently sent a fresh proposal to the SAI for the conduct of the camps for those who have qualified for the Olympics, but it was not approved due to the prevailing pandemic,” said Tomar.
If we look at the Indian wrestling contingent then eight wrestlers have qualified for the games. Bajrang Punia, who has qualified in the 65kg freestyle event. He has chosen to train in Russia before the Tokyo Olympics begins. The seven other wrestlers will take part in Polish World Ranking Series.
Ravi Dahiya (57kg), Deepak Punia (86kg), and Sumit Malki (125kg) are the other freestyle wrestlers who have qualified for the Olympics. They will be heading to Warsaw soon.
Among the women, Vinesh Phogat, who has booked her Olympic ticket in the 53kg, is training in Hungary, three other wrestlers–Seema Bisla (50kg), Anshu Malik (57kg) and Sonam Malik (63kg) are going to train at homegrands in India with their
