Life at National Camp: Bajrang Punia and Jitender focus on physical fitness as mat training yet to begin

By   - 09/09/2020

Wrestling News: It is the ninth day of the national camp and the mat training is yet to begin. As per the protocol, wrestlers have been put in a 14-days quarantine after which they will be allowed to enter the Sushil Kumar-Yogeshwar Dutt wrestling hall. But with less than a year to go, each day has its importance and the ‘Monkey Team’ of Bajrang Punia, Jitender and Shako Bentinidis acknowledges it. They are focussing on physical fitness for now with the gym equipment available. “We have gym equipments and are taking turns to train while keeping with the COVID-19 protocols. We do not have access to the mat which will be available from next week. So it’s fine,” Shako said. 

The wrestlers have been asked to stay in their rooms for the quarantine period. Unlike before, they have been permitted to take the food from the mess and train inside the room. Jitender said “I make sure that I move my motor muscles. I am training with resistance bands for now”.

 Greco Roman wrestler and Asian Championship gold medallist Sunil Kumar who is recovering from a back injury echoed his freestyle counter-part and said, “Yoga is the best thing for now. I have a back injury so my main focus is on getting fit”. The 21-year-old suffered the injury during the lockdown and might miss the mat training as well. “It happened during a training session. I was lifting weight and in the process injured my back. I might not join others for the mat training as well,” he added.

WFI looking for replacements for wrestlers

Some wrestlers, for varied reasons, have not joined the national camp. This has put Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) in a difficult situation. It is now looking for replacements for the wrestlers and might even call up someone from U23 age-group too. “We do not want to name a wrestler only to find that he is unwilling to join. We have decided to speak to the probable candidates and take their consent before calling them for the camp,” it said adding “Almost all elite wrestlers are here so it’s not an issue. Only sparring partners are needed now. We can even call a U-23 wrestler for the camp if he agrees”.

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