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Deepak Punia and Sujeet Kalakal’s probabilities of qualifying for the Paris Olympics hit a roadblock as the 2 Kyrgyzstan-bound Indian wrestlers had been left stranded on the Dubai worldwide airport resulting from unprecedented rains within the gulf nation. Deepak (86kg), who had come near successful a medal on the Tokyo Video games, and Sujeet (65kg), had been on their method to Bishkek to take part within the Asia Olympic qualfiers, the second-last qualifying occasion for Paris Olympics, starting on Friday. Nevertheless, the duo was left stranded on the Dubai airport after the heaviest recorded rainfall ever to hit the nation left main highways and roads flooded and one of many world’s busiest airports in a disarray.
The duo, accompanied by Russian coach Kamal Malikov and physio Shubham Gupta, has been pressured to sleep on the ground and has no entry to correct meals as a result of rain-induced disaster.
Deepak and Sujeet have their weigh-in at 8am on Friday whereas the bouts are scheduled later within the day.
“They’re caught on the Dubai airport since April 16 and it appears the prospect of qualifying for Paris Olympics is slipping out of their palms as they’re scheduled to compete tomorrow. They aren’t getting any flights to Bishkek. I’m fearful about them,” Dayanand Kalakal, Sujeet’s father, advised PTI.
Deepak and Sujeet had been coaching in Dagestan, Russia from April 2 to fifteen and determined to fly from Makachkala to Bishkek through Dubai.
The final probability to qualify for Paris shall be World qualifiers in Turkey in Could.
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