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Wrestler Antim Panghal wins World Championships trials; Divya Kakran, Sarita Mor strike back | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Antim Panghal reaffirmed her status as one of the country's top wrestlers by winning the World Championships trials in Patiala on Friday, while Divya Kakran and Sarita Mor rebounded from disappointing losses in the Asian Games trials to secure seats in the global competition.Antim, who recently became the first Indian woman wrestler to win back-to-back U20 World gold when she defended her 53kg title in Amman (Jordan), also won the Asian Games trials last month.She was kept on standby after an ad hoc committee formed by the Indian Olympic Association exempted Vinesh Phogat from trials and sent her name directly to the Sports Ministry for clearance.However, Vinesh, the 2018 Asian Games gold medalist, had a knee injury, and Antim was added to the ministry's roster of athletes bo...
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Manisha finishes on top, Reetika clinches silver, Sarita Mor wins bronze in Bishkek | More sports News – Times of India

BISHKEK: Taking full advantage of small-sized draws, Manisha grabbed a gold and Reetika finished second-best in the three-wrestler competition, while battle-hardened Sarita Mor settled for a bronze as Indian women grapplers signed off with three medals from the UWW Ranking Series event on Saturday.Sarita did not lose a single point en route the 59kg semifinals, beating Turkey's Ebru Dagbasi 4-0 and Kazakhstan's Diana Kayumova 7-0.The semifinal was also a close contest but she lost 4-5 to Ukraine's Solomiia Vynnyk.In the third-place play-off, the world championship bronze winner defeated Kayumova again and this time by technical superiority and without conceding a point to win India's first medal in the women's competition."The preparation was good. Not having a national camp did not imp...
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India lose hosting rights of Asian wrestling meet | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India has lost the hosting rights of the Asian Wrestling Championships, scheduled to be held here from March 28 to April 2. It's been learnt that the sport's global governing body - United World Wrestling (UWW) - decided to move the tournament out of India following complaints of sexual harassment against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.UWW has communicated its decision to the sports ministry-appointed oversight committee, headed by legendary boxer M C Mary Kom, sources confirmed to TOI on Wednesday evening. There hasn't been any official communication from either the oversight committee or the UWW informing the same.The world body will soon be announcing a new host city for the continental meet where Indian wrestlers will be allowed to pa...
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‘Not even consulted’: Indian wrestlers unhappy with sports ministry’s newly formed Oversight Committee | More sports News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India's ace wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Sarita Mor on Tuesday expressed their disappointment over not being consulted before the Oversight Committee was formed and said that they were assured that they would be consulted before the formation.The union ministry of youth affairs and sports announced on Monday that the oversight committee has been formed to probe into the sexual harassment allegations levelled against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and its chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Boxing great and Olympic medalist Mary Kom will head the five-member Oversight Committee.हमें आश्वासन दिया गया था कि Oversight Committee के गठन से पहले हमसे परामर्श किया जाएगा। बड़े दुख की बात है कि इस क… https://t.co/oE19vyErb3— Vinesh Phogat (@Phogat_Vine...