The Below-17 Indian girls wrestling workforce was on Saturday left stranded on the Queen Alia Worldwide Airport in Amman, Jordan after lacking a flight again residence following a extremely profitable marketing campaign on the World Championships. The 9 girls wrestlers and three coaches had been scheduled to fly again to India on Saturday night however they had been booked in separate flights. The coaches — Jai Bhagwan, Shilpi Sheoran and Rekha Rani — had been scheduled to fly on an Emirates flight with a stopover in Dubai whereas the younger wrestlers had been booked in Qatar Airways.
The coaches’ flight (EK904) was to depart at 6:10pm from Amman and attain Dubai at 10:10pm. From there they’d a connecting flight at 3:55am and the scheduled arrival was at 9:05 am in Delhi.
The wrestlers’ flight (QR401) was to depart at 8:30pm and attain Doha at 11:10pm however as per the standing of the flight, it left at 6:18pm.
Nonetheless there is no such thing as a readability if the flight was rescheduled or not.
“The younger girls wrestlers have missed the flight. There may be quite a lot of confusion what really occurred. The younger wrestlers mustn’t have been booked in a separate flight. SAI ought to have booked them in the identical flight. They’re youngsters,” stated a supply within the Indian contingent in Amman.
“Ideally at the very least one of many coaches ought to have accompanied the younger wrestlers. Efforts at the moment are being made to get them on first out there flight,” stated a supply.
Apparently, coach Jai Bhagwan is father of Mansi Lather, who received the 73kg world title. They practice at Mirchpur coaching centre.
When contacted, a Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) official stated efforts are being made to make preparations to fly the wrestlers again residence on the primary flight out there.
“See, the WFI is suspended. We’re not in full management. We by no means e-book younger wrestlers and coaches in separate flights. Preparations at the moment are being made for wrestlers’ in a single day keep, there is no such thing as a flight out there for Saturday. They are going to be booked within the first out there flight,” stated the official, who didn’t want to be named.
Using on an distinctive eight-medal successful efficiency, the Indian girls received its first-ever workforce title with 185 factors forward of powerhouse Japan (146) and Kazakhstan (79).
Indian girls wrestlers received 5 gold medals, one silver and two bronze after getting into 9 weight classes.
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