Last Updated: February 13, 2024, 19:59 IST
CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland
The United World Wrestling (UWW) has lifted the suspension on the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) with speedy impact.
UWW had positioned the WFI below provisional suspension on August 23 final yr after the Indian physique failed to carry an election in the end. The UWW Disciplinary Chamber determined that it had adequate grounds to impose the provisional suspension on the physique because the scenario within the federation prevailed for a minimum of six months.
The UWW Bureau met on February 9 to overview the suspension amongst different subjects and contemplating all the weather and data, it determined to elevate the suspension below the next circumstances:
The WFI has to re-convene the elections of its Athletes’ Commission. The candidates for this fee shall be energetic athletes or retired for not than 4 years. The voters shall be completely athletes. These elections shall happen throughout trials or any senior nationwide championships the place this operation can happen, however no later than July 1, 2024.
The WFI has to right away present UWW with written ensures that every one wrestlers might be thought-about for participation with none discrimination in all WFI occasions, particularly trials for the Olympic Games and every other main nationwide and worldwide occasions. This non-discrimination contains the three athletes who protested towards alleged wrongdoings by the previous President.
UWW stays in contact with the wrestlers and can comply with up with them within the coming days.
This additionally implies that Indian wrestlers will be capable of compete below their nation’s flag on the subsequent UWW occasion. Under the suspension, the Indian wrestlers needed to compete below a UWW flag.
