The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) appointed ad-hoc committee to run the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has introduced the dates for the National camp within the run-up to the Paris Olympics.
The panel, which was shaped after the ‘suspension’ of the newly-elected WFI, mentioned the National camp shall be held after the National championships in Jaipur from January 3 to five.
The dates for the Nationals had been introduced previous to the elections however the newly-elected WFI modified the venue and dates. Now, the ad-hoc panel has confirmed that the National occasion could be held as per the sooner schedule.
Following the conclusion of the Nationals, the boys’s camp (together with Greco Roman and freestyle) shall be organised on the SAI centre in Sonepat, whereas the ladies’s camp shall be held at NIS, Patiala. Wrestlers chosen from the Nationals shall be a part of the camp.
Scheduled to begin on February 9, the camp will go on till the Paris Olympics.
The first goal shall be to arrange the wrestlers for the Olympics qualifiers — the Asian Qualification Tournament to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, from April 19 to 21 and the World Qualification Tournament to be held in Istanbul from May 9 to 12.
The camp may even put together the athletes for the Asian championships slated to happen in Bishkek from April 11 to 16.
