India’s males’s freestyle wrestlers minimize a sorry determine on the World Championships as none of them might earn quota for subsequent 12 months’s Paris Olympics or win a medal. 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, shedding 7-8 to Mexico’s Austin Klee Gomez.

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

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

“A few of the wrestlers selected are injured, especially 65kg freestyle wrestler. I suggest that a medical examination should be done before leaving India so that necessary replacement can be done in time,” WFI Secretary General VN Prasood had written to Sports Secretary on September 11 in his letter, a duplicate of which is in possession of PTI.

India’s greatest 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.

In 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), Sahil (97kg) and Sumit (125kg) all fell at totally different phases of the match.

The subsequent alternative to earn Olympic quota will come at Asian and World Qualifiers subsequent 12 months.

All the Indian wrestlers are competing as impartial athletes as a result of world governing physique UWW didn’t permit them to compte underneath 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 if any of the Indian wrestlers — ladies or Greco Roman — earn the quotas, they’ll belong to IOA and to the wrestler who wins a spot in subsequent 12 months’s Olympics.

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