The Wrestling Federation of India has determined to have two totally different groups for the Asian Video games and the World Championships this yr because the schedules of those two main occasions will conflict.
The Asian Video games at Hangzhou are scheduled from September 23 to October 8 whereas the World Wrestling Championships at Belgrade will likely be held from September 16 to 24. The dates for the Worlds could also be modified as the sport’s governing physique United World Wrestling is keeping track of a change within the Asian Video games schedule if any.
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The WFI determined to go along with totally different groups after a couple of wrestlers mentioned they needed to take part solely on the earth championships, which can also be the qualifying occasion for the 2024 Paris Olympics, if the dates of the 2 occasions conflict.
“There can be one trial at a time at two totally different camps of women and men, however we are going to decide two totally different groups. Now we have sufficient bench power for the 2 groups and even for Greco Roman we can have separate groups,” WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar mentioned.
“Our important focus is on the World Championships in addition to the Asian Video games. Whereas one is the qualifying (occasion) for the subsequent Olympics, the Asian Video games will assist us stamp our supremacy on the game. On the 2018 Video games in Jakarta, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat gained gold medals, whereas Divya Kakran had a bronze.”
Tomar additionally mentioned that there are many choices for the WFI to select wrestlers for the 2 occasions. “Now we have many wrestlers within the 57 kg class in addition to within the 65 kg. Previously few years, the usual of Indian wrestlers has gone up,” he mentioned.
“Each women and men wrestlers had success in worldwide occasions and now there is no such thing as a idea of a B workforce in Indian wrestling,” he added.
The nationwide camp for girls is scheduled to start out on January 16, on the Sports activities Authority of India’s centre in Lucknow. It is going to have many new issues when it comes to self-discipline for the wrestlers. “There are a whole lot of modifications when it comes to self-discipline,” mentioned an official on situation of anonymity.
Chief coach of the ladies’s workforce Jitendra Yadav sounded upbeat concerning the previous performances of the ladies wrestlers and their plans. “Ladies wrestlers gained 29 medals, together with Vinesh Phogat’s bronze medal on the World Championships, final yr and we’re hopeful of accelerating that quantity,” mentioned Yadav.
In 2022, India began with eight medals, together with one gold, 4 silver, and three bronzes on the Worldwide Wrestling Match at Bulgaria in February, and completed off their worldwide season with a bronze for Vinesh on the Senior World Championships at Serbia in September after ending with two gold, one silver and three bronze on the Birmingham Commonwealth Video games.
Apart from the Asian Video games and the World Championships, the Indian wrestlers would purpose for fulfillment on house turf when New Delhi hosts the Asian Championships from March 28 to April 2.
“We’re going to begin the season with the Zagreb Open Rating Sequence in Croatia from February 1 to five, adopted by different rating sequence in Egypt from February 23 to 26,” Yadav mentioned.
From Monday, 10 wrestlers would be part of the camp for the primary rating sequence in February. They’re: Shivani Panwar (50kg), Sushma Shokeen (53kg), Anju (55kg), Mansi (57kg), Sarita (59kg), Sangeeta (62kg), Bhateri (65kg), Radhika (68kg), Ritika (72kg) and Kiran (76kg).