Asian Video games wrestling entry deadline extension not past July 22, OCA tells IOA

Asian Video games wrestling entry deadline extension not past July 22, OCA tells IOA [ad_1]

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has refused to increase past per week from the July 15 deadline for sending last entries of the wrestling squad for the Hangzhou Asian Video games. The response got here after high IOA officers reached out to OCA for a second time on Tuesday looking for exemption till August 5.

The trials for the world championships, scheduled in Belgrade from September 16, will be held in August.(File)

IOA president PT Usha, joint secretary Kalyan Chaubey and senior vice-president Ajay Patel met OCA officers on Saturday on the sidelines of its normal meeting assembly in Bangkok. They had been advised they'll ship the wrestling entry until July 22. It's learnt that on Tuesday, India was firmly advised by OCA that it was not doable to offer extra time.

It implies that the already delayed wrestling choice trials need to be held by July 22. The IOA ad-hoc panel on Tuesday mentioned the modalities to finalise a date and standards for the trials. Six high wrestlers, together with Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik and world championships medallist Vinesh Phogat, had sought time from the union sports activities ministry to organize for the trials (Asian Video games and world championships), requesting that or not it's held after August 10.

The trials for the world championships, scheduled in Belgrade from September 16, will be held in August. It's a qualification match for the Paris Olympics.

Wrestling coach Gyan Singh, who's a part of the advert hoc committee, mentioned trials might be too early for the six if held this month. “They will be unable to compete in trials this month. They're very clear that they want time to organize for the competitors," he mentioned. "We've got been telling the IOA advert hoc committee to first finalise a date for the trials as a result of time was working out. It was utterly within the arms of OCA to provide exemption.”

Punia is at present in Kyrgyzstan whereas Vinesh Phogat can be abroad on the point of compete within the rating match in Budapest this month. Sangeet Phogat and Jitender are additionally travelling as sparring companions.

A number of proposals have been mentioned with technical committee members of IOA advert hoc committee and nationwide coaches with respect to trials. One of many proposals was to have the choice trials and decide one of the best 4 wrestlers in six weight classes the place the protesting wrestlers needed to compete. A second choice trial will be then held in August first week with the likes of Vinesh (53kg), Bajrang (65kg), Sakshi (62kg), Sangeeta Phogat (57kg) and Jitender Kumar (86kg) thrown within the combine. The wrestlers had drawn a variety of criticism because it got here out that the IOA advert hoc committee can have a one-bout last trial for them. It was felt that this formulation would have given time to the chosen last 4 whereas guaranteeing that a wrestler has to compete in multiple bout for the ultimate choice.

Nonetheless, with the OCA not stretching the deadline past July 22, IOA has to ship the squad on the idea of 1 choice trial.

Nationwide coaches had additionally raised objections to solely six wrestlers being given an exemption and needed the likes of Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya, World championships medallist Anshu Malik, Tokyo Olympian Deepak Punia to be given the identical therapy.

"The trials for the Asian Video games have been delayed a lot. By this time we must always have began preparation on the nationwide camp. We've got been getting so many calls from wrestlers, their coaches and their dad and mom due to this uncertainty," mentioned a coach on situation of anonymity.

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