From Sonepat to Vijaynagar: Bajrang Punia moves to south India for Tokyo Olympic preparations

By   - 09/07/2020

Wrestling News: In February, after winning bronze at the Asian Championships, Bajrang Punia and his coach Shako Bentinidis were all set to begin their Tokyo Olympic preparations. But the covid-19 outbreak had put all their plans on the backburner. Punia on many occasions has claimed that he ‘was ready to compete in the first week of August’. However, due to the pandemic, he had to settle with training at his apartment in Sonepat, Haryana. Cut forward to July, as the lockdown which was imposed on March 23 has started to ease, he has moved to Inspire Institute of Sport in Vijaynagar to train. “We (Jitender and Bajrang) used to be at our apartment and train. We decided to come to IIS centre once the lockdown eased and domestic flights resumed,” he said.

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Upon arrival, as per the protocol, Punia was kept in quarantine after which they began their training. He shared pictures of his training session on Instagram and Twitter. His training will be monitored by the 2004 Olympic champion from Cuba, Yandro Quintana. Shako, on the other hand, will be proving the plans and routine to him.

“They will plan my schedule. Shako has been in regular touch and giving me schedules. He is ready to join me once things normalise,” he told Hindustan Times. “It is difficult to train with online instructions. The presence of a coach in the mat makes a lot of difference in pointing out mistakes. But nothing much can be done right now. There is a foreign coach (Quintana) who will monitor my training. It is a good facility here and nobody is allowed inside, so it is safe. There is no competition right now so I am going to take it as off-season training,”

The 26-year-old is amongst the four Indian wrestlers who secured the Tokyo Olympic quota after winning a medal at 2019 world championship in Nur-Sultan. The other three are Ravi Dahiya (57kg), Deepak Punia (86kg) and Vinesh Phogat (53kg). Whatever time Punia is getting now he is looking to utilise it to strengthen his skills on the mat. “You have to look at the positive side. Now that time is our ally, we have to use it to our advantage. Every athlete is facing a similar situation. All my concentration is on overcoming my shortcomings. And if I do it right, I will be better by the time the Olympic arrive in 2021,” he concluded.

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