Protesting Wrestlers Want To Participate In Asian Games Trials: Report
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The grapplers had pulled out of a slew of international events recently while Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia also opted out of their international training camps in April due to the protest.
A day after calling off their protest against outgoing Wrestling Federation of India Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh having received assurance from the government, the wrestlers on Thursday expressed intent to take part in the Asian Games selection trials scheduled to be held later this month.
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said that all national federations are aiming to finalise the squads for the Asian Games, well before the July 15 deadline set by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The Games are set to take place in Hangzhou, China from September 23 to October 8.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had on April 27 announced that a three-member ad-hoc committee and a two-member ad hoc committee of Bhupender Singh Bajwa and Suma Shirur, which is running the day-to-day affairs of the WFI since May 4 will be conducting the selection trials most likely in the last week of June. However, the wrestlers want some more time to get ready for the trials.
"We want to take part in the selection trial but to prepare for it, we need at least a month and a half of training," International wrestler Satyawart Kadian, who is also Sakshi Malik's husband, told PTI on Thursday.
