Despite the injured Sushil Kumar's request to postpone the men's 74 kg freestyle trial, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has decided to conduct the trials of this category as per the earlier schedule. The star wrestler, however, may get an opportunity to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in March.
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Sushil, who is struggling to revive his career, withdrew from the trial on Friday due to an injury to his hand and requested to postpone his class trial. The winner of the trial for the first Racking Series tournament to be held in Rome from January 15 to 18, the Asian Championships to be held from February 18 to 23 in New Delhi and the Asian Olympic qualifiers from March 27 to 29 in Xian, China. He will get a place in the Indian team.
WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said that all classes (5 in men's freestyle and 6 in Greco-Roman) will be organized. Singh said that trials will definitely not be postponed. We have wrestlers fighting in 74 kg. What can we do if Sushil gets injured? When asked by the WFI president whether Sushil will be given a chance in the Asian qualifier, he said that we will see the performance of the winner of 74 kg in the ranking series. Only then we will decide on the next step. In the men's freestyle, Ravi Dahiya (57 kg), Bajrang (65 kg) and Deepak Poonia (86 kg), while in the women's category Vinesh Phogat (53 kg) won the quota for the Tokyo Olympic Games at the World Championships in Noor Sultan. Ravi, Deepak, and Vinesh have been asked to participate in the trial. The competition for these classes will be only for the Rome and New Delhi competitions.
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