Sonepat: Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya — the Tokyo Video games medallists — had been on Sunday eradicated from the race for the Paris Olympics qualification after shedding their respective bouts within the choice trials for the nationwide group.
Punia, who was a distinguished face of protest in opposition to former WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, suffered a crushing 1-9 defeat within the males’s freestyle 65kg semifinal in opposition to Rohit Kumar.
This was after he barely managed to win in opposition to Ravinder (3-3 on standards) within the opening spherical.
If Ravinder had not conceded a warning level within the bout, Punia would have been eradicated within the opening bout itself.
Punia had skilled in Russia to arrange for the trials, that are being organised by the IOA ad-hoc panel.
Punia although received a case within the Delhi Excessive Court docket after contending that the suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) had no authority to conduct trials.
He left the Sports activities Authority of India (SAI) Centre right here in a huff after being eradicated. The Nationwide Anti-Doping Company (NADA) officers tried to gather a pattern for a dope take a look at from Punia however he didn’t keep again even for the third-fourth place bout. As destiny would have it, it is going to be Sujeet Kalakal who will now attempt to earn qualification within the 65kg for the Paris Video games after successful a spot within the Indian group.
Sujeet had misplaced a authorized case in opposition to Punia when he had challenged his direct entry for the Hangzhou Asian Video games. Sujeet beat Rohit by technical superiority within the ultimate.
“We’ve got at all times completed effectively in 65kg and Bajrang received a Olympic medal so it’s a large duty for me to go and win a quota place for the nation,” Sujit stated on Sunday.
Rohit will now symbolize India on the Asian Championships.
The winners on the trials will get the chance to compete at Asian and World Olympic Qualifiers to be held in Bishkek from April 19-21 and in Istanbul from Could 9-12.
The lads’s 57kg, being organised in Nordic format, was at all times a tricky class since each Tokyo Video games silver medallist Ravi Dahiya and star-in-making Aman Sehrawat had been in competition.
Dahiya, who’s making a comeback from an damage, misplaced the high-scoring opening bout 13-14 to Aman. Each of them practice at Chhatarsal Stadium.
Aman has made a reputation for himself after successful medal at virtually all tournaments in 2023 when Dahiya didn’t compete. Aman, the Asian Video games bronze medallist, staved a last-minute push from Dahiya to win the shut bout. Dahiya misplaced the following bout to U20 Asian champion Udit to be eradicated.
Aman will symbolize India on the Olympic Qualifiers in 57kg and given the expertise he possess, he stands an excellent likelihood to succeed.
“Competing in opposition to Ravi is at all times robust however I ready effectively for this match and labored on my recreation. I used to be getting ready in Russia for final one month and that has helped me,” an ecstatic Aman stated after his bout.
India have up to now earned just one quota for the Paris Video games by way of Antim Panghal (ladies’s 53kg).
Different wrestlers to win trials had been — Jaideep (74kg), Deepak Punia (86kg), Deepak Nehra (97kg) and Sumit Malik (125kg).
Indian group for the Asian Qualifiers: 57kg Aman Sherawat 65kg Sujeet Kalkal 74kg Jaideep 86kg Deepak Punia 97kg Deepak Nehra 125kg Sumit Malik.
Outcomes of choice trials: Males’s Freestyle: 57kg: 1. Aman (Haryana); 2. Udit (Railways); 3. Shubham (Haryana) and Ravi (Delhi) 61kg: 1. Aakash Dahiya (Companies); 2. Nikhil (Delhi); 3. Mangal (Gujarat) and Abhishek Dhaka (UP) 65kg: 1. Sujeet (Haryana); 2. Rohit (Companies); 3. Anuj (Goa) and Vishal Kaliraman (Railways) 70kg: 1. Abhimanyu (Delhi); 2. Sharwan (Companies); 3. Naveen (Goa) and Ankit (Haryana) 74kg: 1. Jaideep (Haryana); 2. Yash (Railways); 3. Naveen (Companies) and Vijay Kumar (Haryana) 79kg: 1. Parvinder (Haryana); 2. Sachin Mor (TRI); 3. Mohit Kumar (Delhi) and Sadashiv (Karnataka) 86kg: 1. Deepak Punia (Companies); 2. Sandeep Singh (Punjab); 3. Sanjeet (Companies) and Deepak (West Bengal) 92kg: 1. Vinay (Haryana); 2. Praveen Chahar (CGH); 3. Vicky (Companies) and Parveen (Haryana) 97kg: 1. Deepak (Companies); 2. Vicky (Haryana); 3. Karandeep Singh (Punjab) 125kg: 1. Sumeet (Haryana); 2. Anirudh (Railways); 3. Mahendera (Maharashtra) and Dinesh (Companies) Greco Roman: 55kg: 1. Arun Halakurki (Karnataka); 2. Lalit (Haryana); 3. Sanjeev (MP) and Rohit Yadav (Railways) 60kg: 1. Sumeet (Chandigarh); 2. Pravesh Kumar (Companies); 3. Saurabh (UP) and Sunny Kumar (Haryana) 63kg: 1. Umesh (Delhi); 2. Parvin Patil (Mah); 3. Ankit (Delhi) and Vinay (TRI) 67kg: 1. Ashu (Railways); 2. Vinayak Patil (Companies); 3. Deepak (Delhi) and Neeraj (Companies) 72kg: 1. Ankit Gulia (Companies); 2. Sameer (Mah); 3. Ajay Dagar (Haryana) 77kg: 1. Vikash (Railways); 2. Sajjan (Railways); 3. Karan (Gujarat) and Kuldeep Malik (Railways) 82kg: 1. Rohit Dahiya (Railways); 2. Rahul (Companies); 3. Lovepreet Singh (Punjab) and Aman Kumar (Haryana) 87kg: 1. Sunil Kumar (Railways); 2. Ajay (Haryana); 3. Ravinder Khatri (Companies) and Rohit Bura (MP) 97kg: 1. Nitesh (Railways); 2. Narinder Cheema (Punjab); 3. Sonu (Haryana) and Vijender (Delhi) 130kg: 1. Naveen (Companies); 2. Mehar Singh (Gujarat); 3. Sonu (Delhi) and Hardeep (Railways)
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