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The National Wrestling Championship might see a change in venue subsequent 12 months© AFP
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has postponed subsequent month’s nationwide championship to January 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. WFI Assistant Secretary Vinod Tomar instructed PTI that the prevailing situations have compelled them to push the Nationals by a minimum of a month. “The situation is far from ideal. It is not possible to conduct Nationals. We will try to host the championships towards the end of January next year,” stated Tomar. It means subsequent 12 months will see two nationwide championships.
“We have done that in the past too when circumstances dictated such a step,” Tomar stated.
This 12 months’s championships had been scheduled to be held in Gonda, UP from December 18-20 however Tomar stated if there are extra states, they could contemplate altering the venue. The WFI official additionally stated that they’re able to ship the Indian workforce for the person World Cup, set to be held in Belgrade, Serbia from December 12-18. The gold medal winner will get prize cash of 4000 Swiss Francs whereas the runner-up can be richer by 3000 Swiss Francs. The bronze medal winner get 1500.
“We determined towards internet hosting the trials and are sending the identical wrestlers who competed within the Asian Championship in New Delhi in February. Bajrang Punia (65kg), Vinesh Phogat (53kg), Jitender Kumar (74kg) and Sombir Rathi (92kg) have requested for exemption and we’ve granted it,” he stated.
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“While Bajrang, Vinesh and Sombir’s categories will go unrepresented, Nar Singh Yadav will compete for India in the 74kg,” he added.
Since the WFI just isn’t conducting trials, it implies that Pooja Dhanda will miss the occasion as younger Anshu Malik will compete within the 57kg class. It can even make sure that Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik competes within the 65kg class since her new nemesis Sonam Malik had competed in 62kg throughout the Asian occasion.
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