Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia
Punia was slated to coach in Kyrgyzstan for 16 days, whereas Vinesh was given the go-ahead to coach in Poland for 11 days by the Ministry of Sports, however the wrestlers have now refused to go until the WFI oversight committee submits their report on the wrestling federation and Brij Bhushan Singh is sacked
After requesting to coach in Kyrgyzstan and Poland earlier, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, who led a protest towards WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment, have now refused to go, until the committee submits its report on wrestling federation and Singh is sacked.
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“Bajrang, Vinesh are actually upset with the best way issues have been dealt with to this point. Now they’re saying that they won’t prepare until the committee submits its report and Brij Bhushan is sacked,” sources added.
Earlier, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) has approved wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat’s request for an International training camp.
While Bajrang requested to train in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan for 16 days, Vinesh requested to train at the Olympic Preparation Center in Spala (Poland) for 11 days.
“The financial assistance will cover athletes’ Air Tickets, Camp Expenses including the cost of training, boarding, and lodging, and miscellaneous costs such as Airport Transfer, Insurance and Internal travel, out of pocket allowance among other expenses.
“TOPS will also cover expenses for Vinesh’s sparring partner – Sangeeta Phogat and physiotherapist Ashwini Jeevan Patil and Bajrang’s coach Sujeet Maan, physiotherapist Aanand Kumar, and Strength and Conditioning expert Kaazi Kiron Mustafa Hasan,” the statemed had mentioned.
However, in response to experiences, the change in thoughts has additionally miffed the SAI.
Many of the nation’s high wrestlers held a protest in entrance of the Jantar Mantar earlier within the yr to focus on the atrocities which were happening on the WFI on the behest of then-chief Brijbhushan Singh.
The wrestlers claimed that Brijbhushan and some different coaches had exploited a number of feminine wrestlers and sexually harassed them, misusing their place of energy.
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An oversight committee, headed by legendary Indian boxer MC Mary Kom, was shaped to deal with the day-to-day operating of the WFI, to probe into the allegations and submit a report after a radical investigation.
Recently,  Phogat, revealed that the wrestlers have misplaced religion within the Oversight Committee as a number of calls to the sports activities minister, Anurag Thakur, and the pinnacle of the oversight committee went unanswered.
She additionally added that the protesting grapplers felt that they had been left with no different choice however to maneuver to courtroom in relation to the difficulty at hand.
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