Sushil Kumar and Sakshi malik may get another chance next year to qualify for Tokyo Olympics
Sushil Kumar and Sakshi malik may get another chance next year to qualify for Tokyo Olympics
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Wrestling Olympic medalists Sushil Kumar and Sakshi Malik are going to open big opportunities to play in Tokyo Olympics once again. The United World Wrestling (UWW), the highest international wrestling body, has prepared for the Tokyo Olympics qualifiers next year. Although the Indian Wrestling Federation has not received any official information from the UWW so far, the Wrestling Association believes that they have no option but to re-test for team selection if the Olympic qualifiers extend for a full year. Will survive The Wrestling Association says that one year will have to be tried again for a shorter duration.

The team cannot be retained for long: Bureau members met on Saturday through video conferencing led by UWW President Nenad Lalovich. According to foreign media reports, the Olympic qualifiers were given in the meeting to the countries on the same dates next year. According to a Wrestling Association official, it is difficult to keep the team in wrestling for so long. In the event of a longer Olympic qualifier, there will be no option other than a trial again. There are two Asian and World Olympic qualifiers in wrestling.

Jitender and Sonam have made a place in the team: Jitender and Sonam have made a place in the team in Sushil Kumar's weight 74 and Sakshi Malik in 62 kg. Sushil, Sakshi's hopes for Tokyo would have ended after Jitender and Sonam had secured a quota in the Olympic qualifiers, but now both of them have the opportunity to play in the trials of Nar Singh Yadav again. In the men's freestyle category, Ravi Kumar (57) holds an Olympic ticket in Bajrang (65) and Deepak Poonia (86), and in women Vinesh (53 kg). In wrestling, Indian wrestlers have to wager on three Olympic women's quota in men's freestyle and five in Greco Roman.

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