With prime Indian freestyle wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya lacking out on the nationwide choice trials for the Asian Wrestling Championships on Friday as a consequence of harm, the highlight fell on among the promising children who will probably be shouldering Indian hopes.
Aman Sehrawat, who grew to become the primary Indian to win a gold medal on the U-23 World Championship final 12 months, is one such teen. The 18-year-old is in good type after selecting up the bronze medal on the current Zagreb Rating Sequence occasion.
In Dahiya’s 57kg class, by which he received a Tokyo silver, Sehrawat impressed from the off. After profitable a snug first bout, he overturned a 0-4 deficit in opposition to Atish Todkar of Maharashtra to prevail 14-4, displaying good contact in a formidable displaying.
The shock of the day got here within the 70kg class, the place Mulayam Yadav of Uttar Pradesh, one other junior World Championship medallist, defeated 2022 Commonwealth Video games gold medallist Naveen Malik 7-4.
Among the many promising crop of wrestlers that missed out had been Sagar Jaglan and Sujeet. The latter missed out to fellow Haryana wrestler Anuj Kumar within the 65kg class, whereas Sagar was eradicated within the ultimate playoff spherical of the 74kg class by Delhi’s Yash Tushir, who booked his flight to Astana, the place the occasion will probably be held between April 7 to fifteen, by profitable 8-3. Yash received the gold on the 2022 Nationwide Video games, whereas Sagar is the wrestling nationals champion.
The occasion was initially meant to be held in New Delhi, however governing physique United World Wrestling (UWW) moved it in a foreign country after the sports activities ministry appointed an Oversight Committee accountable for the day-to-day operations of the game after allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation had been levelled in opposition to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Singh.
Punia and Dahiya, who missed out as a consequence of a wrist and knee harm respectively, had been members of the group of wrestlers that protested in opposition to Brij Bhushan in Delhi in January.
The Oversight Committee, chaired by former boxer Mary Kom which additionally has the presence of wrestlers Babita Phogat and Yogeshwar Dutt, hosted the choice trials.
A type of in protesting contingent, Deepak Punia, a former World Championship silver-medallist, comfortably sealed his place within the 92kg class of the Asian occasion. 2022 CWG bronze medallist Deepak Nehra additionally made the minimize within the 97kg class,
The choice trials for girls wrestlers will probably be held in New Delhi on Saturday.
Certified wrestlers for Asian C’ships
Freestyle:
57kg: Aman Sehrawat
61kg: Pankaj
65kg: Anuj Kumar
70kg: Mulayam Yadav
74kg: Yash Tushir
79kg: Deepak
86kg: Jonty Kumar
92kg: Deepak Punia
97kg: Deepak Nehra
125kg: Anirudh
Greco-Roman:
55kg: Rupin
60kg: Sumit
63kg: Neeraj
67kg: Ashu
72kg: Vikas
77kg: Sajan
82kg: Rohit Dahiya
87kg: Sunil Kumar
97kg: Narender Cheema
130kg: Naveen