Wrestling: Sumit Malik seals Olympic quota; Dhankar, Kadiyan ousted
Other Sports | May 07, 2021 9:26 ISTSumit joined Ravi Dahiya (57kg), Bajrang Punia (65kg) and Deepak Punia (86kg) in India's men's free style squad bound for the Tokyo Olympics.
Sumit joined Ravi Dahiya (57kg), Bajrang Punia (65kg) and Deepak Punia (86kg) in India's men's free style squad bound for the Tokyo Olympics.
Sonam Malik qualified for Tokyo Olympics by virtue of entering Final (62 kg) of the tournament.
Apart from Sonam, the other four wrestlers to make the cut are Seema (50Kg), Anshu Malik (57Kg), Nisha (68Kg) and Pooja (76Kg).
Sarita, 25, clinched the 59kg gold at the Asian Championship in Delhi last year. She is a seven-time national champion.
The Indian squad left this morning for Rome, where the competition will begin on Thursday with Greco Roman wrestlers taking the mat first.
As per protocol, Aware has now been shifted to a SAI empanelled hospital as a precautionary measure and for further monitoring.
It is for the second time that women's camp has been postponed. The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) had originally wanted to start the camp in the second week of August but was forced to postpone in the wake of COVID-19.
While the month-long camp for the male grapplers will be held at SAI Sonepat, the women will train at the nodal sports body's Lucknow centre.
The Asian Olympic Qualifiers for wrestling that was to be held from March 27 to 29 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan has been postponed indefinitely because of coronoavirus threat.
Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya assured themselves of silver medals at the Asian Wrestling Championships on Saturday.
Bajrang Punia won gold in the men's 65kg freestyle category while Ravi Kumar bagged gold in the 61kg category.
Turkey's Serkan Akkoyun proved too strong for Sajan Bhanwal and won 10-1 by superiority in the bronze medal contest while Ravi was defeated 8-0 by Giorgi Melia.
Vinesh Phogat scored an impressive 8-2 win over the world championship silver medallist to secure her place at the Tokyo Games.
Bajrang Punia's name was finalised by a 12-member selection committee on the opening day of a two-day meeting.
Indian men's freestyle wrestlers continued their impressive performance at the Asian Wrestling Championships in China on Wednesday.
The denial of visa to Pakistani shooters had led to the International Olympic Committee suspending discussions with India for hosting future global events.
Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar and Rio Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik, who are struggling with form for quite some time, could not make the top Grade.
Vinesh was forced to skip the World Championship in Budapest due to a last-minute elbow injury.
The WFI is set to become only the second national sports body after the BCCI to offer such financial security to its athletes.
Ritu, who won an Asian Championship bronze last year, began with a close 5-4 win against Ukraine's Ilona Prokopevniuk but lost the quarterfinal 2-6 to Finland's Petra Maarit Olli.
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