All posts tagged: Asian Olympic qualifiers

Controlling weight will not be easy in the next four months: Vinesh Phogat

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Vinesh Phogat, who secured a Paris Olympics quota place in women’s 50 Kg at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, said managing the weight in the category en route to the Olympics will be her biggest challenge. “I will have to manage my weight a lot better. I have brought myself down to 50 Kg after so long so I will try and maintain this as much as I can. It’s not easy for me not to put on weight because my muscle mass is very high,” Vinesh told the UWW after winning the 50 Kg quota for India. “Because of that, I gain weight easily. It doesn’t matter how fit I am, I still gain weight because I have a lot of muscle mass. I just want to control my weight. I have four months left, and every day is very important,” she added. Vinesh chose to switch to 50 Kg – the category where she won the 2018 Asian Games and Commonwealth Games gold – for the first time since 2018 and …

Asian Olympic Qualifiers Live: Vinesh Phogat, Anshu Malik in action

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Asian Olympic Qualifier Live: Five Indian women’s freestyle wrestler including the likes of Vinesh Phogat, Anshu Malik, Reetika will be in action at Asian Olympic Qualifier in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Saturday. They will be eyeing for the quota place at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The finalists of each category will earn a ticket for Paris Olympics. The morning session will start at 10:00 AM IST Wrestlers in action Women’s 50 KG – Vinesh Phogat, Men’s 57 KG – Anshu Malik, Women’s 62 KG – Mansi, Women’s 68 Kg – Nisha Dahiya, Women’s 76 Kg – Reetika Stay tuned for updates: Source link

Deepak Punia, Sujeet not allowed to compete at Asian Olympic Qualifiers

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Indian wrestlers Deepak Punia (86kg) and Sujeet Kalkal’s search for 2024 Paris Olympics quota places met with a big blow as the duo were not allowed to compete at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers on Friday in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Sujeet (65kg) and Deepak, who narrowly missed out on a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, were stranded at the Dubai International Airport since Tuesday after the desert city was flooded due to torrential rain. According to the UAE government, the country recorded 259.5 mm of rainfall, the highest in 75 years. Due to the rain and subsequent flood, 300 flights have been cancelled from Dubai. Deepak and Sujeet reached Bishkek this morning around 8 AM local time. However, the organisers did not allow them to participate in the competitions despite the wrestlers meeting the criteria of matching the requisite body weights. As Deepak and Sujeet’s chances of qualifying for the Paris Olympics from the Asian Qualifiers are over now, they will have another chance at the World Qualifiers in May. Although the other Indian wrestlers reached …

Asian Olympic Qualifier Live: Aman Sehrawat in action

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Asian Olympic Qualifier Live: Four Indian men’s freestyle wrestler will be in action at Asian Olympic Qualifier in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Friday. They will be eyeing for the quota place at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The finalists of each category will earn a ticket for Paris Olympics. The morning session will start at 10:00 AM IST Wrestlers in action Men’s 57 KG – Aman, Men’s 74 KG – Jaideep, Men’s 97 KG – Deepak, Men’s 125 KG – Sumit Malik Stay tuned for updates: Source link

Deepak Punia, Sujeet stuck in Dubai Airport hours before their bout

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Indian wrestlers Deepak Punia and Sujeet Kalkal are stuck at the Dubai airport amid the ongoing flood situation in UAE and are in a race against time to make it to the Asian Wrestling qualifiers in Bishkek. The unprecedented situation has put the duo and their chances of making it on time for the weigh-in at the tournament into jeopardy. As per the latest post of Sports Authority of India, the wrestlers will be accommodated on the late-night flight to Bishkek. However, the situation doesn’t look easy at all as the wrestlers are just hours away from weigh-in. “Both wrestlers are practicing at the airport at the moment as they don’t have any option. All the hotels in Dubai are full and they are stuck there for hours,” a coach who didn’t wish to be named to The Bridge. When asked about the implications of this delay, the coach explained, “They were supposed to cut down their weight today before the tournament but now they are sleeping on the floor in the terminal and practicing …

Vinesh Phogat says status of her coach’s accreditation for Asian Olympic qualifiers is unclear; SAI confirms proposal cleared | Sport-others News

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Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has said her bid to qualify for the Paris Olympics was being scuppered because accreditations had not been obtained yet for her personal coach and physio for the Asian Olympic qualifying tournament in Bishkek later this month. Vinesh is aiming for an Olympic quota in the 50 kg category. Vinesh posted on X that, “despite repeated requests I am not getting any concrete answer from anywhere.” “The Asian Olympic qualifying tournament is going to start on 19th April. For the past one month, I have been requesting the Government of India (SAI, TOPS) for the accreditation of my coach and physio to accompany me to the competition area. But despite repeated requests, I am not getting any concrete answer from anywhere. No one is ready to help,” Vinesh posted. In a statement, the Sports Authority of India said there had been no written request from Vinesh for accreditation but the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) on April 4 had approved a proposal received the previous day from Vinesh for her coach, physio and …

Vinesh Phogat accuses WFI of creating hurdles in her Olympic dreams

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Ace Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat accused the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and its president Sanjay Singh of trying to stop her from competing in the upcoming Asian Olympic qualifiers on Friday. She claimed that logistical hurdles for her support staff are being created and she fears doping controversy. Two-time World Championships medalist Vinesh will be eyeing an Olympic quota in the 50kg category in the Asian qualifying tournament next week in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. “Brij Bhushan and his dummy Sanjay Singh are trying in every way to stop me from playing in the Olympics. All the coaches who have been appointed with the team are the favourites of Brij Bhushan and his team, so it cannot be denied that they may mix something in my water and make me drink it during my match?” Phogat said in a lengthy post on her ‘X’ page. “If I say that there could be a conspiracy to trap me in doping, then it will not be wrong,” Phogat alleged that her coach and physio were being denied accreditation …

Vinesh Phogat, Anshu Malik make it to Olympic qualifiers after dramatic trials

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Patiala: After a day of high-intense drama at the National Institute of Sport, Patiala on Monday, the Indian women’s wrestling squad was finalized for Asian Olympic qualifiers and Asian Championships. The talk of the day without any doubt was Olympian Vinesh Phogat and her decision to compete in two categories. Vinesh competed in 50 kg and 53 kg trials where she won the 50 kg trial defeating Shivanee Pawar of Madhya Pradesh in a thrilling final. 50 kg trials started after much delay due to confusion about the status of Vinesh’s participation. Once the selection committee cleared her participation in both categories, Vinesh started with a win against Mamta Rani in the 50 kg. In her second match, Vinesh won against Hanny Kumari 6-0 to set up a clash against reigning national champion Nirmala Devi. Vinesh made light work on Nirmala Devi in semis and defeated her 10-0. In the final, Shivani posed a tough threat for Vinesh and lead 4-1 after the first half in the final. However, Vinesh came back stronger in the …

Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya stunned; set to miss Olympic qualifiers

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Sonipat: It was a day of big upsets as the big boys of Indian wrestling Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya lost on the first day of wrestling trials for the upcoming Asian Olympic qualifiers at the Sushil Kumar-Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling Hall, SAI Centre, Sonipat in Haryana on Sunday. 2020 Tokyo Olympic medalists Bajrang and Ravi lost in the 65kg and 57kg trials for the upcoming Asian Olympic qualifiers, to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Multiple World Championships medallist Bajrang was stunned by Rohit Kumar in the semifinals as Rohit prevailed in the one-sided contest 9-1. Bajrang took a point at the start as Rohit was warned for passivity. However, Rohit wasn’t passive afterwards and pushed Bajrang out of the mat twice in the first round to take a lead of 2-1. Rohit came out more aggressively in the second half and took down Bajrang with a powerful move to win four points and lead 6-2. Bajrang was chasing the game thereafter and conceded three more points to lose the contest 9-1. Earlier in …

WFI pulls back circular, Ad-Hoc committee to conduct wrestling trials

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Following a petition at the Delhi Court, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has decided to withdraw its circular on conducting the selection trials for the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 and the Asian Olympic Games Qualifier Wrestling Tournament. Taking note of the statement made by WFI’s counsel, Justice Sachin Datta said the trials shall proceed as per the circular issued by the ad-hoc committee supervising the affairs of the Wrestling Federation of India. The ad-hoc committee of the WFI issued a press release on February 9 saying it will hold the trials for the Asian Olympic Qualifiers (April 19-21) and World Olympic Qualifiers (May 9-12) on March 10 and 11 at Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala and Sports Authority of India (SAI) complex in Sonipat. The Indian Olympic Association had on December 27 constituted a three-member ad hoc committee to run the day-to-day affairs of the WFI after the Union Sports Ministry suspended the national body for wrestling for not following the provisions of its constitution while taking decisions. “After some arguments, …