Last Updated: February 20, 2023, 16:41 IST
Vinesh Phogat (Twitter/@Phogat_Vinesh)
It is the second time within the month that Vinesh, Bajrang, Ravi Dahiya, Deepak Punia, Anshu Malik, Sangeeta Phogat and Sangita Mor have determined to sit down out of an vital event
Top Indian wrestlers continued to choose out of huge occasions because the likes of Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia have determined to offer the upcoming 2nd Ranking Series Ibrahim-Moustafa event a miss.
It is the second time within the month that Vinesh, Bajrang, Ravi Dahiya, Deepak Punia, Anshu Malik, Sangeeta Phogat and Sangita Mor have determined to sit down out of an vital event, to be held in Alexandria, Egypt from February 23 to 26.
ALSO READ| ISL 2022-23: FC Goa and Odisha FC in Race for Final Playoff Spot as League Stage Draws to a Close
The prime grapplers had earlier pulled out of the Zagreb Open, saying they don’t seem to be prepared for the competitors.
The Mary Kom-headed oversight committee managing the WFI affairs cleared a contingent of 27 Indian wrestlers for the upcoming event.
The occasion can be essential for gaining rating factors for higher seeding on the Senior Asian Championships 2023 and the Senior World Championships 2023.
The Indian group consists of 9 freestyle, eight girls and 10 greco-roman wrestlers, in addition to 16 coaches and help employees.
The 27 wrestlers will even embody three Target Olympics Podium Scheme (TOPS) grapplers — Ashu (67kg GR), Bhateri (65kg girls) and Sujeet (65kg FS).
”We wish to make sure that the game and the athletes don’t endure and increasingly more wrestlers get worldwide publicity, to allow them to have the chance to compete in opposition to the most effective on this planet,” Mary Kom stated in a press release.
So far, as many as 9 present and former world championship gold medallists have registered for the second rating sequence.
During their three-day protest at Jantar Mantar in January, the wrestlers stated that they won’t compete in any nationwide or worldwide event until the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is disbanded and its chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh sacked.
Team:
Greco-Roman: Manjeet (55kg), Vikram Kurade (60kg), Karanjeet (67kg), Nitin (63kg), Ashu (67kg), Ankit Gulia (72kg), S ajan (77kg), Rohit Dahiya (82kg), Narinder Cheema (97kg), Naveen (130kg).
Women: Sushma Shokeen (55kg), Sito (57kg), Simran (59kg), Sumitra (62kg), Bhateri (65kg), Radhika (68kg), Reetika (72kg), Kiran (76kg).
Freestyle: Udit (57kg), Pankaj (61kg), Sujeet (65kg), Sagar Jaglan (74kg), Pardeep (79kg), Jonty Kumar (86kg), Prithviraj Patil (92kg), Sahil (97kg0, Dinesh (125kg)
Read all of the Latest Sports News right here
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed)
