In first of its kind by any national federation, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) came hard on the ’non-performers’ & ‘under-performers’ at the world wrestling championships 2019. India finished the World Wrestling Championships with their best-ever performance ever in the event after finishing with 1 silver and 4 bronze medals and four 2020 Tokyo Olympics berths.

Sakshi Malik questioned for non-performance

However, Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik returned home without a medal. Unimpressed with this, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) posed some tough questions to her. Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said Sakshi Malik was left in tears after the federation came down hard on her.

“She cried during the meeting so we decided to back off,” Singh said.

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WFI President asks tough questions from Bajrang’s coach

Indian coaches and wrestlers, who , according to the federation, failed to perform to their potential in Kazakhstan were also questioned. WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh asked Bajrang Punia’s celebrated coach Shako Bentinidis that why the freestyle wrestler is committing the same errors in every tournament.

“I asked him how come Bajrang keeps giving easy leg holds? Bajrang’s opposition invariably gets hold of his legs for easy points. He then chases the game thereafter,”

“It is there for all to see. He is committing the same errors that he has been committing for some time now, So I had to ask Bentinidis where was the progress he had promised?” Singh said.

Greco-Roman team reprimanded

WFI President also came heavily on the Greco-Roman team. Singh questioned the desire of the Greco-Roman contingent, which failed to show any positive at the World Championships.

“I asked them why are you here. They had no answer, Singh said. We are seriously thinking to not send them in few of the weight categories for all the tournaments.”

Greco-Roman was the biggest disappointment for India. The coaching staff had promised huge improvement in the category before the world championships 2019, but unfortunately they only turned out to be tall claims. The performance was so bad that none of the Indian wrestler finished in the top 15 in their respective weight categories.

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In team rankings like last time in Budapest – India finished LAST i.e 33 in the rankings at Nur-Sultan.

GR – 38th with 0 points (33rd with 0 Points)

Performance Indian Wrestling TEAM – POSITION Last 33rd

Greco-Roman

55kg – Manjeet Singh – Position 18 – Total 20

60kg – Manish – Position 15 – Total 39

63kg – Sagar – Position 17 – Total 18

67kg – Manish – Position 31 – Total 41

72kg – Yogesh – Position 16 – Total 25

77kg – Gurpreet Singh – Position 12 – Total 38

82kg – Harpreet Singh – Position 20 – Total 23

87kg – Sunil Kumar – Position 33 – Total 39

97kg – Ravi Kumar – Position 17 – Total 37

130kg – Naveen – Position 31 – Total 31

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