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  • End of street for Sushil Kumar; Amit Dhankar picked for wrestling’s last Olympic qualifier

    Former Asian champion Amit Dhankar (74kg) on Thursday changed nationwide gold-medallist Sandeep Mann within the Indian wrestling crew for the upcoming World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, signalling the top of the street for veteran Sushil Kumar.
    The match, to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria from May 6-9, would be the final qualifying occasion earlier than the Tokyo Games.
    One of the nation’s most completed athletes, Sushil received a silver within the 2012 London Olympics, 4 years after a bronze in Beijing.
    After not being thought-about for choice, the 37-year-old Sushil informed PTI, “To stay alive is more important at this stage. I have not spoken to WFI as yet, will speak to them.”
    The crew was picked by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) after a gathering of its choice committee, the federation mentioned in a press launch signed by its assistant secretary Vinod Tomar.
    Besides Dhankar, the others within the free fashion crew included Satyavrat Kadian (97kg) and Sumit (125kg).
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    “In free style, the committee has made replacement in 74 kg. Sandeep Mann, selected for Asian Qualifier and Asian Championship, didn”t produce passable efficiency. Hence, the committee determined to offer probability to Amit Dhankar who secured second place within the choice trials held on March 16,” the WFI mentioned within the launch.
    The greco roman crew comprised Sachin Rana (60kg), Aashu (67kg), Gurpreet Singh (77 kg), Sunil (87 kg), Deepanshu (97 kg) and Naveen Kumar (130 kg).
    “In greco roman fashion, the committee made replacements in 60 Kg. and 97 Kg. The wrestlers chosen in these weight classes — Gyanendra and Ravi respectively gave poor efficiency in each competitions (Asian qualifier and Asian championship).
    “Hence, the committee gave probability to Sachin Rana and Deepanshu who secured 2nd positions within the choice trials.
    Seema (50kg), Nisha (68kg) and Pooja (76kg) shaped the Indian ladies’s crew.
    “The committee didn’t feel it appropriate to make any replacement in these weight categories as all these wrestlers secured medals either in Qualifying competition or Asian championship.”

  • Elavenil included in Indian taking pictures workforce for Tokyo Olympics, Chinki in as reserve

    World primary Elavenil Valarivan was on Sunday included in a 15-member Indian taking pictures contingent for the Tokyo Olympics on the expense of quota winner Chinki Yadav, who had claimed a gold within the Delhi World Cup final month.
    To cope with the uncertainty attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) named two reserves in every self-discipline the place its shooters have gained quota locations for the Games.
    The extremely completed Manu Bhaker will likely be fielded in each the ladies’s 25m pistol alongside the skilled Rahi Sarnobat and in her pet 10m air pistol occasion with Yashaswini Singh Deswal.

    Elavenil Valarivan & Apurvi Chandela chosen within the girls’s 10m air rifle workforce for #Tokyo2020. Anjum Moudgil will compete within the girls’s 3-position occasion together with Tejaswini Sawant. Manu Bhaker named in groups for 10m air pistol & 25m sports activities pistol #Olympics #taking pictures pic.twitter.com/pBVmF7ccuS
    — Mihir Vasavda (@mihirsv) April 4, 2021
    The NRAI choice committee assembled right here to announce the names of 15 shooters who will characterize the nation on the Games, scheduled to be held within the Japanese capital from July 23 to August 8.
    The shooters have been chosen based mostly on their efficiency within the NRAI’s four-year Olympic qualifying cycle, beginning with the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games which was adopted by World Championship (each in 2018), all 4 World Cups and Asian Championships in 2019 and choice trials stage 1 and a couple of earlier this yr.
    As per the NRAI’s acknowledged coverage, a median of 5 greatest scores in a global competitors, beginning with the Jakarta Asiad, was taken under consideration whereas choosing the ultimate workforce.
    It additionally implies that Anjum Moudgil, who was the primary Indian shooter together with Apurvi Chandela to earn quota for the Tokyo Games on the 2018 World Championships, will likely be fielded in girls’s rifle 3 positions occasion together with the seasoned Tejaswini Sawant.
    Chandela and Elavenil will take part within the girls’s 10m air rifle occasion.
    Both Chinki and Anjum have been saved as reserves in 25m pistol and rifle 3 positions occasions respectively.
    The quota belongs to the nation and never the shooter who secures it.