Bajrang, Vinesh and Ravi
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Expansion
The dates for the selection trials for the wrestling team for the Hangzhou Asian Games have been announced. The ad hoc committee of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has decided to hold the trials at the KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium on July 22 and 23, but the decision on which wrestlers will play in the trials and what will be the criteria, will be taken on Thursday or Friday. May go. It is expected that relief may be provided to wrestlers Vinesh, Bajrang besides Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Ravi Kumar, who are sitting on the agitation.
Greco-Roman on the first day, women will have trial
After the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) did not provide any further relaxation in the date of sending the entries, the ad-hoc committee announced the date of the trials. According to committee member Bhupender Singh Bajwa, there will be trials for Greco-Roman and women’s category on 22nd, while on 23rd there will be trials for freestyle category. The trials will be held in all six weight categories.
Sports Minister will be met
The IOA had asked the OCA to extend the entry date for the Asian Games till August 5, which was pushed to July 23. The organizing committee refused to give more relief than this. All the six wrestlers sitting on the agitation are currently preparing abroad. Bajrang, Jitender, Sangeeta are in Kyrgyzstan, Vinesh has gone to Hungary to play the fourth ranking tournament, while Sakshi Malik and Satyavrat Kadian are preparing in the US. Committee member Gyan Singh says that Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and IOA President PT Usha can be consulted to decide the criteria for the trials on Thursday.
