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Wrestler Narsingh Yadav‘s participation within the upcoming World Cup in Serbia was confirmed on Friday after he returned a detrimental take a look at for dreaded coronavirus. Making a comeback to aggressive wrestling after serving a four-year doping ban, Narsingh had changed Jitender Kinha within the 74kg within the Indian squad however was rendered uncertain for the competitors after testing optimistic for the virus. The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) confirmed that he’ll journey to Belgrade on December 14 together with the lads’s freestyle squad. “I just had minor cold, there was no fever or any other symptom for virus, so I knew that it (test) will be negative. I have been training well for this tournament. We will do well in Serbia,” Narsingh informed PTI from Hisar.
Many prime wrestlers, together with Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, are skipping the occasion, anticipating that competitors is not going to be robust however for Narsingh the World Cup, scheduled to held from December 12-18, holds significance.
“Whether it is World Championship or World Cup, it still is an international tournament. I will compete after a long long time, it will be good exposure for tournaments ahead,” he mentioned.
“It is important to play since the tournament is being held after a long time. We won’t know our level, unless we compete. There were no tournaments due to coronavirus pandemic, so it is very important for me to compete here,” the 31-year-old mentioned.
India are but to earn a quota for the Tokyo Olympics within the 74kg class as Jitender fizzled on the 2019 World Championship which provided quota locations.
With the return of Narsingh on this class, there can be a three-way struggle amongst Jitender, Narsingh and two-tile Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar to be Indian’s consultant on the subsequent quota-offering occasion.
“I was already training hard even during my ban period. It was just that I was not able to compete. I thank the WFI President for letting me compete again. Hopefully, I will qualify for Tokyo,” mentioned the 2015 World Championship bronze medallist.
With the state of affairs not permitting trials, the WFI let all of the contributors on the 2020 Asian Championship in New Delhi to compete in Belgrade.
However India is sending wrestlers in males’s freestyle 65kg and 92kg and girls’s 53kg.
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The Greco Roman wrestlers will depart for Belgrade on December 10, the ladies’s squad on December 12 and the lads’s freestyle staff on December 14, WFI Assistance secretary Vinod Tomar mentioned.
“Due to the pandemic, we are sending team in batches,” he mentioned.
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