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Sanjay Singh, the WFI boss, said that the wrestlers’ dissent was the significant motivation behind why India couldn’t win an adequate number of awards in Paris Olympics 2024. India had sent a six-part contingent, however it was just Aman Sehrawat, who completed on the platform after he won the bronze decoration in the men’s 57kg class. The 21-year-old Sehrawat beat Puerto Rico’s Darian Cruz in the third-place season finisher.
Singh, who had taken over from Brij Bhushan Singh as the WFI boss last December, said that the wrestlers couldn’t get sufficient opportunity to plan for the masterpiece occasion because of the pressures made by the fights that carried on for something like a year.
“Assuming you take a gander at it from the other point, the fights that occurred for 14-15 months, the whole wrestling club was upset. Not to mention one class, the wrestlers in other classification battled as they couldn’t rehearse without public and worldwide competitions. Subsequently, the grapplers couldn’t perform well,” Sanjay Singh told .
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Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik were a piece of the fights against Brij Bhushan that began back in January 2023. Last year, Sakshi, India’s just lady with an Olympic medal in wrestling, resigned after Sanjay Singh supplanted Brij Bhushan at the top.
Vinesh Phogat’s destiny hangs in balance
Vinesh partook in the Olympics in the women’s’ 50kg classification, yet her destiny remains in a precarious situation as it is as yet not known whether she will win a decoration. The 29-year-old had turned into the main Indian lady to fit the bill for an OIympic last in wrestling, however she was excluded in the wake of being found 100 grams more than as far as possible at the weigh-ins. Vinesh, meanwhile, likewise resigned from wrestling in the midst of the contention.
TheCourt of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is yet to convey a decision after Vinesh pursued for her silver decoration to be held. Aside from Vinesh and Aman, different grapplers, Anshu Malik (57kg), Reetika Hooda (76kg), Nisha Dahiya (68kg) and Antim Panghal (53kg) neglected to have an effect
