Wrestling News: While Wrestling Federation of India continues to mull whether national camps should be resumed or not, some countries like the USA, Iran and Russia have decided to begin their training camps. Russian wrestling federation published a report on how leading wrestling countries of the world are returning to training during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Here are the precautions and guidelines which are being followed:
Iran:
In July, Iran will resume its club championship. The rules for the competitions will remain unchanged — “no more than three collections of Iran and no more than two legionnaires in the team (Sic.) ” The tournament will be held behind closed doors.
Turkey:
In early June, the Turkish national teams in freestyle, Greco-Roman and women’s wrestling resumed training. Only the wrestlers in the Olympic weight categories and up to three athletes per weight have been allowed to attend it. Mat training is prohibited – so far, the focus is exclusively on general physical training (GP).
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Germany:
Almost the same situation. Wrestlers work in clubs, but the emphasis is not on work on the mat, but on the general physical fitness area. The training camp of the team has not yet started.
USA:
In America, each state has its own rules. For safety reasons, mat training is prohibited for now.
Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Macedonia, Moldova
The teams were allowed to call wrestlers at the Olympic bases. But so far only team leaders are working. Before returning to training, they underwent tests for coronavirus.
Georgia, Azerbaijan, France, Armenia, Latvia
Only those athletes who have secured the berth for the Tokyo Olympics 2021 have received access to the bases.
Belarus
The quarantine mode was not entered, the training did not stop.
Poland, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
Training camps resumed and mat training has been allowed.
Russia
The resumption of training camp has been scheduled for July.
India:
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has suspended the national camp indefinitely as they find Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) guidelines ‘too strict’ for the sport. Moreover, there is no news on when can the national competitions resume.
