Wrestling mess: World body says only WFI can conduct trials, Indian wrestlers face uncertainty over entries for Paris Olympic qualifiers
Plunging from one crisis to another for the past one year, Indian wrestling is now staring at a situation where, unless a last-minute solution is found, it might not be able to register entries for the Olympic qualification tournament next month.The situation arose on Friday after the sport’s world governing body declared that it would accept names of athletes for the all-important tournament only if the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) would send them.
By doing so, the United World Wrestling (UWW) has essentially snatched all the powers from the Indian Olympic Association-appointed ad hoc committee, which was scheduled to conduct the trials on Sunday and Monday following a Delhi High Court order.
In a letter to WFI president Sanjay Singh, the UWW chief Nenad Lalovic underlined that ...