In his protest to Sanjay Singh's selection as Wrestling Federation of India President, the ace wrestler Bajrang Punia announced his decision to return the Padma Shri and later left the award outside the residence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.
"We wrote to the UWW today that the ban imposed on WFI should now be lifted as elections have been held democratically. I am sure the suspension will end soon," a new Wrestling Federation of India President Sanjay Singh said on Friday.
Bajrang Punia issued a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing that he is returning his Padma Shri award. Olympic medallist Punia's decision came amid protest against the election of the new Wrestling Federation of India chief Sanjay Singh, a day after Sakshi Malik quit the sport.
India added five more medals to their tally in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on Day 12 on Thursday, October 5 which now stands at 86. The penultimate day of competition will see men's hockey team go for gold and Bajrang Punia will be in action and cricket and kabaddi teams will be in action too.
Asian Games in Hangzhou are in full flow at the moment even as it is set to end on October 8 (Sunday). However, athletes failing doping tests must have certainly taken the sheen off the Games here. Tejen Tejenov overall has become the fifth athlete to fail the test.
The Indian contingent added nine medals on Day 10 of the ongoing 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. There is an expectation of double those medals across various disciplines on Wednesday, October 4 with some of the top medal contenders taking part in their final events.
Antim Panghal defeated the world no.3 Emma Jonna Denise of Sweden by 16-6 in a game for the Bronze medal in Belgrade.
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Antim Panghal upset the applecart of the reigning World champion Dominique Parrish in the first round route to the semi-finals in the World Wrestling Championships. Panghal is just one step away from confirming a medal for India at the worlds and confirming her spot in the Paris Olympics.
Abhimanyu, featuring in 70 kg free-style, caused a major upset by beating the world no.7 Ihor Nykyforuk by 19-9 to reach the quarterfinal on day 1 of the tournament.
Indian wrestlers will present their challenge on the mat in a bid to gain automatic qualification for the Paris Olympics as the World Wrestling Championship gets underway on September 16 in Belgrade, Serbia. The Indian contingent is a good mix of youngsters and a few experienced wrestlers.
The Supreme Court of India has refused to intervene with the Punjab and Haryana High Court order staying the elections of the Wrestling Federations of India (WFI).
United World Wrestling suspended WFI for not being able to hold the elections as Indian wrestlers won't be allowed to compete under India flag in the World Championships.
The reason for UWW suspending the Wrestling Federation of India is the body failing to conduct elections on time.
Indian women's wrestling team bagged the team title at the Junior Wrestling World Championships in Jordan.
India's champion wrestler Vinesh Phogat underwent a successful knee surgery in Mumbai and is looking forward to making a stronger comeback.
Priya Malik defeated Germany's Laura Celive Kuehn in 76 Kg's Gold medal match. She became only the second Indian with an U20 World crown.
Vinesh Phogat was exempted from the Asian Games trials in the 53kg category. With Phogat now missing the event, 19-year-old Antim Panghal who was in standbys despite winning the trials in the same weight category will participate in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia are yet to confirm their participation for the forthcoming trials of the wrestling World Championships.
Haryana Wrestling Association (HWA) filed a petition challenging the move to allow Haryana Amateur Wrestling Association to cast votes in WFI elections.
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