India defers trials for World Championships
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by Hindustan Times
Photo of Bajrang Punia by Tony Rotundo.
The executive council meeting of UWW was scheduled on Friday but withdrawals by three major participating countries in view of Covid-19 possibly forced a deferment. Cuba has followed USA and Japan in pulling out of the world championships.
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has delayed its decision on trials for the World Wrestling Championship in Serbia from December 12-20. This was after the executive committee meeting of United World Wrestling (UWW) was rescheduled to November 12.
“We too have delayed our decision about the selection trials of the Indian team for the World Championship,” WFI assistant-secretary Vinod Tomar said on Friday. “Trials of the Indian teams would be done only after UWW decides about the December event.”
Tomar said WFI has already sent a tentative list of wrestlers for the meet “as the last date of entry was Thursday (November 5).”
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The executive council meeting of UWW was scheduled on Friday but withdrawals by three major participating countries in view of Covid-19 possibly forced a deferment. Cuba has followed USA and Japan in pulling out of the world championships.
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has delayed its decision on trials for the World Wrestling Championship in Serbia from December 12-20. This was after the executive committee meeting of United World Wrestling (UWW) was rescheduled to November 12.
“We too have delayed our decision about the selection trials of the Indian team for the World Championship,” WFI assistant-secretary Vinod Tomar said on Friday. “Trials of the Indian teams would be done only after UWW decides about the December event.”
Tomar said WFI has already sent a tentative list of wrestlers for the meet “as the last date of entry was Thursday (November 5).”
READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
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