Tokyo Olympics countdown begins: Bajrang Punia’s coach Shako eager to return to India

By   - 25/07/2020

The Olympic clock in Tokyo has once again come to life as the countdown for the quadrennial extravaganza begin. Athletes and coaches have started devising new plans for the games. There is suddenly liveliness in the sporting world. But there is a certain faction which is yet to begin the preparations for the Olympics in full swing including India’s Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat. Both the wrestlers have been training individually with their coaches instructing them online, however, as the world starts getting up after a slight covid-19 triggered slumber, the coaches are eager to return. “My schedule is to catch the first flight available as soon as the international air services resume. For now, we continue training as we do,” Bajrang’s coach Shako told WrestlingTV from Georgia.

The Georgian coach had returned to his family in May due to the increasing cases of covid-19 in India. Since then he has been remotely in touch with Bajrang. He now sends the Tokyo Olympic bound wrestler training schedules. and monitor his progress over phones. Bajrang is currently training in Bangalore with Cuba’s 2004 Olympic champion Yandro Quintana. However, it is Shako who continues to send the weekly plans for him.

When can he arrive in India?

The Georgian coach might come to India by the end of this month. He has applied for a visa and is waiting for final confirmation. “It is almost done. By Monday we will get the confirmation, then we catch a flight from Tbilisi,” he said, adding that Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has been a big help.

Tokyo Olympics plans

Shako said that they will begin training for each opponent separately whenever they resume training together. “When we resume training we will change the characteristics of the training and will prepare for each opponent individually,” he said adding that their goal is to win India its first Olympic gold medal. “We do not have to keep in top shape for a whole year but we need to be fit and be in peak form before the Olympics. This is the most important thing for us”.

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