World Wrestling Championships: Indian wrestlers return empty-handed

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Belgrade: India’s males’s freestyle wrestlers lower a sorry determine on the World Championships as none of them might earn quota for subsequent 12 months’s Paris Olympics or win a medal.

What was extra disappointing was that the Indian wresters misplaced to rivals from the nations that aren’t identified for his or her wrestling prowess, elevating suspicion over their health earlier than flying to Belgrade.

Sachin Mor (79kg) misplaced his repechage spherical by technical superiority to North Macedonia’s Ahmad Magomedov, whereas Anuj Kumar (65kg) couldn’t even clear the Qualification spherical, shedding 7-8 to Mexico’s Austin Klee Gomez.

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Mexico and North Macedonia are usually not the nations in opposition to whom the Indians are anticipated to lose their bouts.

It has been learnt that Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) had advised the Sports activities Ministry to conduct medical examination of the chosen wrestlers earlier than sending them for participation, saying that a lot of them are probably carrying accidents.

“A couple of of the wrestlers chosen are injured, particularly 65kg freestyle wrestler. I counsel {that a} medical examination must be carried out earlier than leaving India in order that obligatory substitute will be carried out in time,” WFI Secretary Basic VN Prasood had written to Sports activities Secretary on 11 September in his letter, a replica of which is in possession of PTI.

India’s greatest hope Aman Sehrawat (57kg) had misplaced to reigning world champion, Albania’s Zelimkhan Abakarov within the quarter-finals however with the Russia-born wrestler failing to succeed in the ultimate, the repechage door was shut on the Indian.

Within the 70kg bronze play-off, Abhimanyu misplaced by technical superiority to Armenia’s Arman Andreasyan.

Akash Dahiya (61kg), Naveen (74kg), Sachin Mor (79kg), Sandeep Singh Mann (86kg), Pruthviraj (92kg), Sahil (97kg) and Sumit (125kg) all fell at completely different levels of the match.

The subsequent alternative to earn Olympic quota will come at Asian and World Qualifiers subsequent 12 months.

All of the Indian wrestlers are competing as impartial athletes as a result of world governing physique UWW didn’t enable them to compte below India flag.

This was as a result of UWW had suspended the WFI after IOA-appointed ad-hoc committee, led by Bhupender Singh Bajwa, couldn’t conduct the elections on time.

Even when any of the Indian wrestlers — ladies or Greco Roman — earn the quotas, they are going to belong to IOA and to the wrestler who wins a spot in subsequent 12 months’s Olympics.