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    newswrestling16 days ago

    Indian wrestlers finally reach Sofia for World Qualifiers after flight cancellation

    Indian wrestlers, who missed the flight to attend the World Qualifiers, have finally reached Sofia, Bulgaria for the event that starts on May 6. The event is supposed to be the last chance for the Indian grapplers to book berths for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics that begins on July 23, later this year.
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    newswrestlinga month ago

    Indian wrestlers to travel along personal coaches in build-up to 2021 Tokyo Olympics

    Tokyo-bound Indian wrestlers will have their personal foreign coaches by their side in the build-up to the Olympics, as they prepare for the upcoming 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships that begins on Tuesday. However, Sonam Malik will skip the event owing to a knee injury she suffered recently.
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    newswrestlinga month ago

    2021 Tokyo Olympics | Anshu Malik, Sonam Malik book Tokyo berths

    Wrestlers Anshu Malik and Sonam Malik secured quotas for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in their respective categories by claiming Silver medals at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Meanwhile, Sandeep Singh Mann, Satyawart Kadian, and Sumit Malik missed out on a Tokyo-berth.
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    newswrestling2 months ago

    2021 Tokyo Olympics | Five wrestlers make the cut for Asian Olympic Qualifiers

    Five Indian women wrestlers have qualified for the Asian Olympic qualifiers in Almaty, Kazakhstan during the selection trials staged at the SAI training centre, in Lucknow. 2016 Rio Olympics Bronze medallist Sakshi Malik was eliminated in the 62 kg category by current national champion Sonam Malik.
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    newswrestling8 months ago

    Deepak Punia discharged from hospital, advised to maintain home quarantine

    Indian wrestler Deepak Punia, who tested positive for Covid-19 in the national camp, has been discharged from the hospital and advised home quarantine. It was reported last week that Deepak, along with Navin and Krishan, tested positive for the deadly virus while serving their quarantine period.
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    newswrestling10 months ago

    Wrestling Federation of India to start national camp by first week of August

    Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is likely to start its national training camp for both men and women by the first week of August, in Sonepat and Lucknow respectively. The Olympic bound athletes would get the first priority, while it is expected to expand to other categories as well.
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    newswrestling2 years ago

    WFI extends Shako Bentinidis’ contract till Tokyo Olympics

    After all the controversies, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has handed a contract extension to Bajrang Punia’s Georgian coach Shako Bentinidis till the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. The federation has also appointed Russian coach Murad Gaidarov to guide Deepak Punia and Ravi Dahiya. 
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    newswrestling2 years ago

    Reports | Indian men’s freestyle wrestling coach Kossein Karimi likely to be sacked

    According to reports, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is likely to sack men’s freestyle national coach Hossein Karimi, six months after the Iranian was hired on a contract till the Tokyo Olympics. It has been learned that Karimi himself is not happy with the way things work in India.
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    newswrestling2 years ago

    Deepak Punia is new world number 1 in 86 kg; Bajrang Punia loses top spot in latest UWW rankings

    Deepak Punia has claimed world number 1 spot in 86 kg, Vinesh Phogat has jumped to second from sixth, while Bajrang Punia settles for the second spot in the latest wrestling rankings after the World Championships. Deepak Punia now has 82 points, four more than World Champion Hasan Yazdani of Iran.
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    newswrestling2 years ago

    Victim of discrimination in all my three World Championships, says Bajrang Punia after controversial semis loss

    India's top wrestler Bajrang Punia, on Tuesday, has said that he has been a victim in all the World Championships he has participated in, including the summit clash last year. Bajrang believes he needs to improve in all aspects of the game, regardless of it being leg-defense or counter-attack.
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