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A plan to organise a preparatory camp for the Tokyo Olympic Games-bound eight freestyle wrestlers from next week in nearby Sonepat, Haryana, has been cancelled due to new 14-day quarantine rule imposed, said a national coach associated with the .
Injured wrestler Malik could be out of action for up to 3 weeks
Mon, May 10 2021 08:46:37 AM
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS): Olympic Games-bound wrestler Sumit Malik could be out of action for up to three weeks after his old knee injury resurfaced during the recent World Olympic qualifiers in Sofia.
Due to this reason, the 28-year-old wrestler gave a walkover to his opponent, Russia s Sergei Kozyrev, in the final of the 125kg category in Sofia on Saturday night. He had won the Olympic quota place by entering the final.
Finalists in each weight category were allotted tickets to the Olympic Games, scheduled to be held in Tokyo from July 23.
WFI to decide on Olympic preparatory camp next week
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New Delhi, May 10 : The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) will conduct a brainstorming session next week to decide the venue for an Olympic preparatory camp since Sports Authority of India (SAI) has closed training centres due to a spike in coronavirus cases in India. Next week, we plan to have a meeting with the coaches and officials of the WFI to chalk out future plans. We will also check with SAI when they plan to open up training centres. But as of now there are no government facilities to conduct national camp for a core group of wrestlers who have qualified for Olympics, Vinod Tomar, assistant secretary of WFI told IANS.