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Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya — each Tokyo Video games medallists — had been on Sunday eradicated from the race for the Paris Olympics qualification after dropping their respective bouts within the choice trials for the upcoming worldwide tournaments. Punia, who was a outstanding face of protest in opposition to former WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, suffered a crushing 1-9 defeat within the males’s freestyle 65kg semifinal in opposition to to Rohit Kumar. This was after he barely managed to win in opposition to Ravinder (3-3 on standards). If Ravinder had not conceded a warning level within the bout, Punia would have been eradicated within the opening bout itself.
Punia left the Sports activities Authority of India (SAI) Centre right here in a huff after being eradicated. The Nationwide Anti-Doping Company (NADA) officers tried to gather pattern for dope take a look at from Punia however he didn’t keep again even for third-fourth place bout. Punia had educated in Russia to arrange for the trials, that are being organised by the IOA ad-hoc panel.
Punia although gained a case within the Delhi Excessive Court docket after contending that suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) had no authority to conduct trials.
The boys’s 57kg, being organised in Nordic format, was all the time a troublesome class since each Tokyo Video games silver medallist Ravi Dahiya and star-in-making Aman Sehrawat had been in rivalry.
Dahiya, who’s making a comeback from an damage, misplaced the high-scoring opening bout 13-14 to Aman. Each of them practice at Chhatarsal Stadium.
Aman has made a reputation for himself after successful medal at virtually all tournaments in 2023 when Dahiya didn’t compete. Aman, the Asian Video games bronze medallist, staved a last-minute push from Dahiya to win the shut bout.
Dahiya misplaced the following bout to U20 Asian champion Udit to be eradicated.
The winners on the trials will get the chance to compete at Asian and World Olympic Qualifiers.
India have up to now earned just one quota for the Paris Video games by Antim Panghal (ladies’s 53kg).
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