The Asian Wrestling Championships, which was once scheduled to be held in New Delhi in March-April, was once moved out of the capital town. Kazakhstan’s Astana will cling the continental tournament, the United International Wrestling mentioned on Thursday.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 23, 2023 23:58 IST
Best Indian wrestlers protested towards the WFI in January (PTI Picture)
By means of India Nowadays Sports activities Table: The United International Wrestling (UWW), the governing frame of world wresling, showed on Thursday that the Asian Championships were moved out of India because of the debate surrounding the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). New Delhi was once scheduled to host the continental tournament from March 28 to April 2 however the match has now been moved to Astana, Kazakhstan.
Astana will host the contest between April 7 and 15 with the UWW pronouncing that the overall dates will probably be showed, faster than later.
“UWW was once pressured to switch the host of the continental championships because of the hot traits in Indian wrestling and a pending inquiry by way of the Indian sports activities ministry towards the Wrestling Federation of India,” the UWW mentioned.
Particularly, a number of most sensible Indian wrestlers, together with Olympic medalists Ravi Dahiya, Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, protested towards the WFI, alleging sexual harassment of feminine wrestlers from former president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who stepped down from the function. The likes of Vinesh Phogat and different most sensible wrestlers additionally alleged that the WFI president threatened the wrestlers and likewise mismanagement by way of the governing frame of the game in India.
The protest in New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar were given the eye of the Sports activities Ministry following which the Union Sports activities Minister Anurag Thakur held conferences with the wrestlers.
An oversight committee, headed by way of mythical boxer Mary Kom, was once shaped on January 23 and it was once directed to inquire the allegations of the wrestlers and put up a file inside of 4 weeks. A 2-week extension of closing date for the committee was once given on Thursday.
DELHI’s LOSS, ASTANA’s GAIN
Astana hosted the 2019 International Championships with grand luck and Kazakhstan was once the host of the Asian Championships in 2021 as neatly. The town of Almaty additionally hosted the 3rd Rating Sequence tournament remaining yr.
Except for the senior pageant, the U17 and U23 Asian Championships are set to go back to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan for a 2nd instantly yr. The match will happen from June 10 to 18. The dates of the U15 and U20 Asian Championships were changed and it’s going to now happen in Amman, Jordan from July 12 to twenty.
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