The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Wednesday conducted a meeting with the national coaches via video conference to discuss the roadmap for Tokyo Olympics. WFI President Brij Bhusan chaired the meeting of 30 coaches including the three chief instructors –Jagminder Singh in freestyle, Hargobind Singh in Greco Roman, Kuldeep Malik in women’s wrestling — to talk about the way forward going into the postponed Tokyo Olympics next year. WrestlingTV has learnt that the fate of the national training camp will be decided after the lockdown ends.
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Agendas discussed in the meeting:
The main point of discussion in the meeting was about the national training camp for men and women. Greco-Roman coach Hargobind said the camp will resume after the nationwide lockdown ends, however, the date for the camp is yet to be confirmed. “The meeting lasted for about half an hour. There was a discussion on various topics. They have decided to resume the camp after the lockdown ends. But the dates are yet to be decided,” Hargobind told WrestlingTV.
Another topic discussed was on the strength of the national camp. WFI has decided that only the top three wrestlers in across the 18 Olympic weight categories will be called back to attend the camp. Kuldeep, women’s wrestling head coach said that the wrestling camp will be held but with reduced strength. He added that only wrestlers who will compete in the Olympic category will be invited for the camp. “Only the top three wrestlers in the 18 Olympic weight classes across three styles will be called for the camp,” he said. Reportedly, however, two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar and 2010 Commonwealth Games champion Narsingh Yadav will not be part of the camp. Narsingh’s four-year ban would come to an end in July this year after which he will be eligible to bid his chances for the Olympic berth in the 74kg.
Apart from this, Bhusan advised all the coaches to be in touch and help all the wrestlers in their training virtually. “He has asked us to keep in touch with the wrestlers and help them out. Apart from this, he has asked us to tell all of them to start doing Yoga too,” Kuldeep said.
