5 of the Six Olympic-quota Contenders Exit from World Championships – News18

India’s males’s freestyle wrestlers reduce a sorry determine on the World Championships as 5 of the six Olympic-quota contenders have exited the celebrated event and solely Abhimanyu might attain the medal spherical within the non-Olympic 70kg weight class.

What was extra disappointing was that the Indian wresters misplaced to rivals from the nations that aren’t recognized for his or her wrestling prowess, elevating suspicion over their health earlier than flying to Belgrade.

Sachin Mor (79kg) misplaced his repechage spherical by technical superiority to North Macedonia’s Ahmad Magomedov whereas Anuj Kumar (65kg) couldn’t even clear the Qualification spherical, dropping 7-8 to Mexico’s Austin Klee Gomez.

Mexico and North Macedonia should not the nations towards whom the Indians are anticipated to lose their bouts.

It has been learnt that Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) had advised the Sports activities Ministry to conduct medical examination of the chosen wrestlers earlier than sending them for participation, saying that a lot of them are probably carrying accidents.

“A number of of the wrestlers chosen are injured, particularly 65kg freestyle wrestler. I counsel {that a} medical examination needs to be executed earlier than leaving India in order that crucial alternative may be executed in time,” WFI Secretary Basic VN Prasood had written to Sports activities Secretary on September 11 in his letter, a replica of which is in possession of PTI.

India’s largest hope Aman Sehrawat (57kg) had misplaced to reigning world champion Albania’s Zelimkhan Abakarov within the quarterfinals however with the Russia-born wrestler failing to succeed in the ultimate, the repechage door was shut on the Indian.

Within the 70kg bronze play-off, Abhimanyu misplaced by technical superiority to Armenia’s Arman Andreasyan.

Akash Dahiya (61kg), Naveen (74kg), Sachin Mor (79kg), Sandeep Singh Mann (86kg), Pruthviraj (92kg), Sumit (125kg) all fell at completely different phases of the event.

Sahil is competing in 97kg, which is an Olympic weight class.

All of the Indian wrestlers are competing as impartial athletes as a result of world governing physique UWW didn’t permit them to compte beneath India flag.

This was as a result of UWW had suspended the WFI after IOA-appointed ad-hoc committee, led by Bhupender Singh Bajwa, couldn’t conduct the elections on time.

Even when any of the Indian wrestlers earn the quotas, they may belong to IOA and to the wrestler who wins a spot in subsequent 12 months’s Olympics.

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