Wrestler Bajrang Punia faces crushing defeat of at Asian Games semifinals with 8-1 rating

Iranian Rahman Amouzadkhalili defeated Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia 8-1 within the Asian Games semifinals on Friday in Hangzhou, China. Two-time world champion Bajrang Punia’s preparedness for the competitors proved lower than superb because of protests towards the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and controversy regarding his choice within the video games.

Despite having two simple victories to start out the day, Bajrang struggled towards the powerful Iranian opposition and was unable to advance to the finals. According to the reviews, Bajrang simply defeated a Filipino wrestler in his opening match to earn a technical victory.

Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia loses within the semifinals of males’s 65kg at #AsianGames.

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 6, 2023

He then competed towards a Bahraini wrestler, whom he simply defeated with a rating of 4-0. Rahman Amouzadkhalili, the present Asian champion and the worldwide champion in 2022, was the opponent he confronted within the semifinals. The Iranian wrestler defeated Bajrang, gaining the lead instantly with a four-pointer, and gained the match 8-1 in the long run.

Bajrang Punia nonetheless has an opportunity to win a bronze medal after shedding within the semifinals as a result of individuals of the semifinals can go on to play for third place. Whether Bajrang will safe a medal on the 2018 Asian Games will rely on how nicely he performs within the bronze medal match.

Netizens sharply commented on Punia’s loss and mentioned that this was ‘Politician Bajrang Punia’ who misplaced the match. “Wrestler Bajrang Punia will play for Bronze Medal match,” mentioned one of many customers.

Politician Bajrang Punia Lost 👎

Wrestler Bajrang Punia will play for Bronze Medal match 👍

— राहुल (@rahulpassi) October 6, 2023

ईरान के रेसलर ने यूंही निचोड़ दिया अभी अभी राजनेता बने बजरंग पुनिया को । #AsianGames23 @BajrangPunia #BajrangPunia pic.twitter.com/J5pMwmWKtA

— 𝔻𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝔾𝕠𝕪𝕒𝕝 𝔹𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕚 – DKG (@10rathgoyal) October 6, 2023

Game 0 Politics 💯 #BajrangPunia Well Deserved 👏🔥#AsianGames2023 pic.twitter.com/yUnwdZ2Ulg

— la la (@LalaLodubhai) October 6, 2023

It is notable that Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia and World Championship medallist Vinesh Phogat had been exempted from trials for the Asian Games in July this 12 months. The Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) ad-hoc committee granted exemptions to Punia and Phogat from the trials for the lads’s freestyle 65 kg and ladies’s 53 kg classes. This determination was met with stiff opposition from coaches, present and former athletes, and their mother and father.

The Delhi High Court had dismissed the plea filed by ace wrestlers Antim Panghal and Sujeet Kalkal towards the choice. The plea had challenged the exemption granted to wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat which allowed their direct entry into the Asian Games 2023. The duo demanded honest trials nevertheless their plea was dismissed by the Court.

Bajrang Punia was a part of the Wrestelers group who protested towards the WFI head Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. In April 2023, they went to Jantar Mantar and demanded an investigation into the allegations of sexual harassment of feminine wrestlers by Bharatiya Janta Party MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh throughout his tenure because the president of the Wrestling Federation of India.

The Delhi Police then filed two FIRs and ten complaints towards the politician concerning the case. The FIRs and complaints had been registered at Delhi’s Connaught Place police station. The complaints had been registered on April 21, and the FIRs had been filed on April 28.

According to the FIRs, he was charged with requesting sexual favours. Ten molestation accusations had been additionally introduced towards him. The claims included specifics about his makes an attempt at inappropriate contact, which comprised of inserting his hand over the ladies’ chests and shifting it to the again, amongst different issues. The first of the 2 filed FIRs contained the assertions made by the wrestlers, whereas the second described complaints offered by the mother or father of a juvenile.

In the meantime, BJP chief refuted the entire costs and said that he had full confidence within the nation’s authorized and judicial techniques. One of the relations of one of many victims additionally was quoted as saying that the wrestlers had been plotting to lure WFI chief for political beneficial properties.

It is to be famous that a number of derogatory slogans had been raised within the midst of the wrestler’s protests. It was reported that slogans like ‘Modi Teri Kabar Khudegi’ and in addition anti-India ‘Azadi’ slogans had been raised throughout the protests.

It is notable that comparable slogans had been raised by protestors in lots of protests prior to now. Anti-CAA protests, Shaheen Bagh protests, farmers’ protests, and varied different protests in JNU are recognized for these Azadi slogans.