With Reetika Hooda securing India’s first-ever Olympic quota place within the ladies’s heaviest weight, 76 kg, on the Asian Olympic qualifier in Bishkek not too long ago, a number of challengers are aspiring to beat Reetika within the trials and ebook a ticket to Paris.
The ladies’s 76 kg, as soon as one of the weaker classes for India, has now received some good wrestlers, additionally together with World junior champion Priya Malik, Asian Games bronze medallist Kiran Bishnoi and 2022 World junior silver medallist Bipasha, who can carry out effectively internationally.
Even although Reetika appears stronger at current as a result of of her strong performances in Bishkek, the challengers will fancy their probabilities in case the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) decides to carry trials between Olympic quota place winners and challengers to select athletes for Paris 2024.
Bipasha, who overcame a pair of accidents to win the 76 kg gold medal on the Federation Cup right here, will be one of the main names to get on to the mat in such a state of affairs.
The 22-year-old Delhi lady, additionally a Ranking Series medal winner, desires to coach effectively and get sharper to maintain herself ready in case an opportunity to compete within the trials comes her method. “I was a little down with a back and a left elbow injury. I went through a rehab phase to get fit. Now I am much better. It is good to get back to competition and win a medal.
“I want to train well and prepare myself for the trials,” stated Bipasha.
Bipasha, who took to wrestling in 2016 to get fitter and joined an academy run by her uncle’s colleague Yudhvir in Sonipat, is conscious of the truth that the problem can be stiffer.
“It is not going to be easy. There are some good wrestlers at 76kg. Some wrestlers from 72kg may also want to compete. Let’s see how it unfolds.”
Bipasha is keen to utilise the subsequent few weeks in the very best method. “I have to focus on both attack and defence of my game to get better game-wise. The coming one-and-a-half months will be crucial for me,” stated Bipasha.
