New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): World Championships medal winners Deepak Punia, Anshu Malik, Sarita Mor, U20 world champion Antim Panghal and U23 world champion Aman Sehrawat are among the many wrestlers a part of India’s Asian Wrestling Championships 2023 squad, chosen via the nationwide trials held in New Delhi held on Friday and Saturday.
As per the Olympics.com, the thirty sixth version of the match might be held from April 9 to April 14 in Astana, Kazakhstan. It was purported to be held in New Delhi, however was shifted overseas because of the pending inquiry by the Indian Sports Ministry towards the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
The nationwide trials held at Indira Gandhi Arena, have been held underneath the supervision of the Centre-appointed Oversight Committee as a substitute of WFI.
Deepak, the Tokyo Olympian and silver medalist in 86 kg on the 2021 World Championships, will wrestle in 92 kg division.
Aman will characterize India within the 57 kg in absence of Olympic silver medalist Ravi Dahiya, who withdrew from the match because of harm. On Friday, Aman, the U23 World Champion, defeated Atish Todkar 14-4 within the last to win the highest place in his pet division.
Olympic bronze medalist Bajrang Punia missed the trial. On the opposite hand, Commonwealth Games Champion Naveen Malik (70 kg) and Sagar Jaglan, the nationwide degree champion (74 kg) suffered huge upsets in trials. Naveen was defeated by world junior bronze medalist Mulayam Yadav whereas Sagar misplaced to National Games champion Yash Tushir.
Indian girls’s wrestling staff will see 19-year-old Antim Panghal main India’s marketing campaign in absence of veterans Sakshi Malik and Asian, Commonwealth champion Vinesh Phogat.
Antim is the present Asian junior champion and have become the primary girls’s wrestler from India to win gold in World U20 Wrestling Championships held in Bulgaria final 12 months. She will compete within the 53 kg division. Anshu Malik, silver medalist on the 2021 World Championships and Sarita Mor, bronze medalist at that occasion in 59 kg, may also be some high girls wrestlers competing on the occasion.
Indian wrestling staff for Asian Wrestling Championships 2023Women: Neelam (50kg), Antim Panghal (53kg), Sito (55kg) Anshu Malik (57kg), Sarita Mor (59kg), Sonam Malik (62kg), Manisha (65kg), Nisha (68kg), Reetika (72kg), Priya (76kg)Men’s freestyle: Aman Sehrawat (57kg), Pankaj (61kg), Anuj Kumar (65kg), Mulayam Yadav (70kg), Yash Tushir (74kg), Deepak (79kg), Jonty Kumar (86kg), Deepak Punia (92kg), Deepak Nehra (97kg), Anirudh (125kg).
Greco Roman: Rupin (55kg), Sumit (60kg), Neeraj (63kg), Ashu (67kg), Vikas (72kg), Sajan (77kg), Rohit Dahiya (82kg), Sunil Kumar (87kg), Narender Cheema (97kg), Naveen (130kg). (ANI)