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The trials for girls wrestlers will be held at NSNIS Patiala, whereas the trials for Greco Roman and freestyle grapplers will be held at SAI Sonipat. Indian wrestlers can nonetheless seize 17 Olympic quotas, 5 in girls wrestling, 6 in greco roman and 6 in freestyle.
The choice trials for choosing the Indian wrestling staff for the upcoming Olympic Qualifiers and Asian Championships will be held on March 10-11 in Patiala and Sonipat respectively, the advert-hoc committee managing the game mentioned on Friday.
The trials had been initially deliberate for February 27-29 however received postponed after a delay in internet hosting the senior nationwide championships due to “unavoidable circumstances”.
The trials for girls wrestlers will be held at NSNIS Patiala, whereas the trials for Greco Roman and freestyle grapplers will be held at SAI Sonipat.
“The ad-hoc committee will be organizing the selection trials for selecting the Indian wrestling team for the upcoming Olympic Qualifiers & Asian Championships on March 10-11, 2024,” the advert-hoc committee, headed by Bhupender Singh Bhajwa, mentioned in a press release.
“Earlier the trials were announced to be held on 27-29 February 2024. However, because of a delay in organizing the 2023 Senior National Championships due to unavoidable circumstances, the trials are being postponed,” the panel added.
The winner of the trials within the Olympic weight class will get to signify India within the upcoming Olympic qualifiers — the Asian Olympic Qualifiers (April 19-21) and World Olympic Qualifiers (May 9-12).
While the winner in non-Olympic weight classes will signify India in Senior Asian Championships (April 11-16), the runners-up in Olympic weight classes on the trials will signify India on the Senior Asian Championships.
Antim (53kg) will be given direct entry to play on the 2024 Senior Asian Championships. India has thus far secured Olympic quota in 53kg girls’s wrestling class by advantage of Antim’s bronze medal on the 2023 Senior World championships.
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Indian wrestlers can nonetheless seize 17 quotas (5 in girls wrestling, 6 in greco roman and 6 in freestyle).
The advert-hoc committee was fashioned by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) after the Sports Ministry suspended the Sanjay Singh-led Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) for violating its personal structure quickly after the physique’s victory within the elections final December.
Sanjay Singh is a detailed affiliate of former WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who was accused of sexual harassment by the well-known wrestling trio of Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia.
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