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  • My allegation in opposition to TOPS is that they straight oversee coaching choices: WFI’s Brij Bhushan

    Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), mentioned he needs to make an instance of wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who was served a show-cause for allegedly refusing to stick with the Indian group on the Tokyo Olympics and never sporting the group’s official uniform for her bouts.
    Singh additionally demanded a much bigger say within the planning for the Paris Olympics whereas accusing the Target Olympic Podium Scheme in addition to personal our bodies just like the Olympic Gold Quest and JSW Sports for sidelining the federation. Excerpts from an interview:
    Has there been additional progress on the difficulty associated to Vinesh?
    We have referred it to our disciplinary committee, which can name Vinesh, Sonam and Divya Kakran. It’s straightforward to say ‘I’ve made mistake’. But what made you commit that mistake, and why? These are senior wrestlers. Vinesh has replied by her lawyer and mentioned she didn’t stick with the Indian group for the betterment of the opposite wrestlers in order that they don’t get uncovered to the virus. Okay, possibly it was for others’ good. But then why didn’t she put on the costume? Because of that mistake, she has to know what all I needed to bear, what occurred to me.
    What occurred to you?
    After Deepak Punia’s incident occurred, when his coach beat up one official, I needed to seem earlier than a fee that had members from the United World Wrestling and International Olympic Committee. I had to make sure the group didn’t get debarred. I instructed them there has by no means been a case the place our wrestlers have flouted any guidelines and expressed remorse however they questioned me, ‘how do you run the federation. Your wrestler isn’t sporting the (official) costume’. She may have misplaced a medal had she received. This isn’t a small incident. I needed to beg and plead.
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    Do you suppose that is additionally a difficulty of gender equality? There was only one coach for 4 girls wrestlers however seven coaches and assist workers for 3 male wrestlers.
    The Indian Olympic Association had set a restrict on what number of coaches and physios may go.
    But as federation president, do you suppose it was proper for 4 girls to get only one coach?
    This you’ll be able to ask (assistant secretary Vinod) Tomar ji [Tomar: “We had one chief coach and common freestyle coaches for both teams.”] And if you’re coming to the difficulty of Vinesh not having her private physio on the Olympics, she didn’t inform the federation who her physio was. How are we purported to know except she tells us?
    Vinesh has written a number of emails to the federation with all particulars.
    She gave these proposals to TOPS, by no means to us straight. She ought to have given it to us.
    There are emails…
    It has by no means occurred that Vinesh approached the federation. This is my allegation in opposition to TOPS. They are straight overseeing points like the place the athlete ought to go for coaching.
    So the difficulty shouldn’t be planning per se however simply that Vinesh, in keeping with you, despatched the proposal to TOPS and to not WFI?
    If it was our plan then I may have despatched my complete group. Bajrang and Vinesh had been two very senior wrestlers. Their rating was first-class going into the Olympics. They thought a sure plan was higher for his or her future in order that they instructed TOPS, who then instructed us.
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    About planning, the federation had held only one nationwide camp for ladies wrestlers since April.
    Tell me, is there some other federation aside from mine that carried out nationals throughout a pandemic?
    That’s a unique matter. Between April and July, there was only one nationwide camp for ladies that lasted for lower than two weeks.
    I don’t bear in mind precisely. Anshu (Malik) went to some nation for coaching after nationwide camp, Poland I believe and after that both Russia or Belarus. I had despatched your entire group. Vinesh was coaching in Hungary earlier than that. I don’t have any drawback with them coaching overseas however neither the India coach nor federation was taken into confidence. They took TOPS into confidence.
    At the Tokyo Olympics, a males’s coach (Rajiv Tomar) had gone as girls’s group coach.
    No, he didn’t go as girls’s coach however he was made the ladies’s coach quickly for some motive.
    What was the explanation?
    That Tomarji will let you know. [Tomar: He was there at the pre-departure camp in Sonepat. Since there is no difference in men’s and women’s freestyle wrestling, we had common coaches for both teams and he was one of them.]
    Vinesh has had a string of fine performances. Is banning an athlete from the world championships a simply punishment?
    I’m not her enemy and I’ve nothing private in opposition to her. But IOC ke saamne jo jaleel aur beijjat hona pada… how may she put on a unique costume? She is senior sufficient to grasp there’s a correct costume for each match. We have to have a look at different wrestlers too. India’s wrestling isn’t depending on one wrestler. We have to ensure nobody makes such errors sooner or later.
    READ | Vinesh Phogat breaks silence, says everybody exterior is treating me like I’m a lifeless factor… One medal (misplaced) and the whole lot is completed
    But then, WFI too has made errors prior to now.
    What mistake has the WFI made? WFI has by no means made a mistake in life. No one can level out even one mistake now we have ever made.
    One instance is in the course of the Olympic qualifier earlier this yr. The girls’s group reached hours earlier than their bout, needed to reduce weight at an airport terminal, couldn’t sleep, couldn’t eat…
    This, when the programme is made, when a group has to achieve their vacation spot, these are small issues. What can I do about this?
    There was one other occasion just a few years in the past the place in a qualifier for the Rio Olympics, a physio needed to compete in a bout as a result of India didn’t have sufficient representatives.
    I don’t have sufficient paperwork throughout this time. But if WFI is making errors, then you need to know that each different federation within the nation is making 10 instances extra errors.
    Do you need TOPS to be concerned in wrestling?
    Yes, they’re wanted. But no matter programme they make, chief coach and federation ought to be taken into confidence.
    How do you see the function of OGQ, JSW, and so on.
    We don’t want OGQ and JSW. They have spoilt three wrestlers, I received’t title them. When the Indian authorities is able to spend on the athletes, then why do we’d like them? They can assist junior and cadet wrestlers who really want assist. Not simply those that are near successful an enormous medal. They aren’t spending as a lot as the federal government, which has spent near Rs 85 crore on the wrestlers. My largest drawback is that they don’t inform me who they’re sending as sparring companions.
    If a wrestler is related to any of those, what’s their future?
    Bilkul nahi khelne doonga (Won’t permit them to play).
    Not even somebody like (Tokyo silver medalist) Ravi Dahiya…
    Even I’m giving Ravi Rs 1 lakh per 30 days. From what number of locations will you’re taking cash? We are prepared to provide you the whole lot. If they nonetheless wish to be concerned, they need to share a replica of their settlement with the gamers and think about our views.
    Vinesh Phogat suffered a quarter-final defeat within the Tokyo Olympics. (File)
    ‘Several emails were sent by Vinesh to WFI detailing plans’
    While JSW Sports didn’t remark, OGQ responded to allegations from WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan, stating that they had a strong junior program and weren’t claiming undue credit score. They additionally clarified that Vinesh Phogat had despatched a bunch of emails to WFI informing them of her plans and protecting them within the loop.
    OGQ response:
    OGQ has been supporting wrestlers Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Deepak Punia for the final 6 years since they had been 17 and 16 years previous respectively, properly earlier than they each got here into the limelight.
    OGQ has been working a reasonably large Junior Program within the nation the place we assist the coaching of extra that 100 junior athletes within the age group of 11-19 years throughout numerous sports activities. In reality, inside wrestling itself, of the 32 wrestlers we presently assist, 23 are junior wrestlers within the age group of 13-19 years throughout 7 totally different academies in Haryana and Maharashtra. We have been supporting PV Sindhu since she was 14 years previous and Lakshya Sen since he was 10 years previous.
    The Government and SAI are undoubtedly the largest and most essential stakeholders in Olympic sport. We have mentioned again and again that the Government, SAI and TOPS are doing an excellent job particularly within the final 5 years in the course of the Tokyo Olympic cycle. They have wonderful bureaucrats and leaders like Sandeep Pradhan, DG, SAI and Cdr. Rajagopalan, CEO, TOPS.
    One of the standout options of the final 5 years throughout this whole Tokyo Olympic cycle has been the teamwork between all stakeholders concerned in Indian sport. The Sports Authority of India (SAI), the National Sports Federations and Non-Profits like OGQ have labored in shut cooperation with one another to make sure that the athletes get the very best assist, all gaps are coated and there’s no overlapping of assist. For instance, within the case of Mirabai Chanu, SAI, Weightlifting Federation of India and OGQ labored in shut cooperation to ship her twice to St. Louis, USA to coach within the lead as much as the Tokyo Olympics.
    To our data, a number of emails had been despatched within the final 10 months by Vinesh herself to WFI and TOPS. These emails had detailed info on the coaching plans for Tokyo, the coach and assist workers and sparring companions for Vinesh.
    Finally, in the identical spirit of teamwork and cooperation talked about earlier, we despatched a proposal to WFI on twenty fourth March 2021 to work on 3 primary elements – Junior and Cadet wrestlers for the long run protecting Los Angeles 2028 Olympics in thoughts, Sports science and Coaches.

  • Wrestler Ritika Phogat commits suicide in Haryana

    Wrestler Ritika Phogat (17), a cousin of the Phogat sisters, allegedly dedicated suicide in Haryana’s Charkhi Dadri district after she misplaced the ultimate bout of a match, police mentioned on Thursday.
    Ritika took the intense step on the night time of March 15, they mentioned.
    A local of Rajasthan’s Jaipur village, Ritika was staying together with her uncle and Dronacharya awardee Mahavir Singh Phogat in Charkhi Dadri’s Balali village underneath Jhojhu Kalan police station for the previous 4 years, mentioned Station House Officer (SHO) Dilbagh Singh.
    She hanged herself from a ceiling fan at her uncle’s home on the night time of March 15 as she was upset over dropping to her rival by one level within the last bout of a championship, he mentioned.
    The championship was held in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur from March 12 to 14.
    Ritika was studying and practising wrestling on the Mahavir Phogat Sports Academy in Charkhi Dadri.
    Wrestling star Geeta Phogat described Ritika, her maternal sister, as a “talented wrestler”.
    “It’s a very sad moment for my family. Ritika was a talented wrestler and I don’t know why she took such a step. Victory and defeat are a part of an athlete’s life. We should never take such a step,” she mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.

    भगवान रितिका की आत्मा को शांति दे। यह समय पूरे परिवार के लिए बहुत ही दुख की घड़ी है। आत्महत्या कोई समाधान नहीं है। हार और जीत दोनों जीवन के महत्वपूर्ण पहलू हैं। हारने वाला एक दिन जीतता भी जरूर है। संघर्ष ही सफलता की कुंजी है संघर्षों से घबराकर ऐसा कोई कदम नहीं उठाना चाहिए। pic.twitter.com/ecb4DztyC4
    — Babita Phogat (@BabitaPhogat) March 18, 2021

    भगवान मेरी छोटी बहन मेरे मामा की लड़की रितिका की आत्मा को शांति दे। मेरे परिवार के लिए बहुत ही दुख की घड़ी है। रितिका बहुत ही होनहार पहलवान थी पता नहीं क्यों उसने ऐसा कदम उठाया। हार-जीत खिलाड़ी के जीवन का हिस्सा होता है हमें ऐसा कोई क़दम नहीं उठाना चाहिये 🙏😢 pic.twitter.com/RQFhM1jVpi
    — geeta phogat (@geeta_phogat) March 18, 2021

    Rest in Peace choti behen Ritika. I nonetheless can’t consider what simply occurred with you Will miss you eternally 💔💔 Om Shanti 🥺😢🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/LiLum1kbYB
    — Ritu phogat (@PhogatRitu) March 18, 2021

    I’ve been getting messages all morning right this moment. I’m very unhappy and disturbed about what occurred in my household. I urge individuals to not unfold and consider in any rumours and act responsibly. These are powerful occasions for me and my household and I urge you all to respect our privateness.
    — Ritu phogat (@PhogatRitu) March 18, 2021
    Former Union minister Vijay Kumar Singh additionally took to Twitter to condole Ritika’s demise.
    “Terrible news that we lost #RitikaPhogat who had a brilliant career ahead. The world has changed from where it was some decades ago. Athletes are facing pressures which were not there earlier. An essential part of their training should be to deal with these pressures,” he mentioned.

  • After traversing Europe for sparring, Vinesh Phogat set to compete in Kiev

    If it was a rustic, Budapest’s Vasas Sports Club would have ranked twenty fourth on the record of most Olympic gold medals, sharing the spot with Switzerland. The 100-plus-year-old membership has produced 50 Olympic and 55 World Champions, together with the winner of Hungary’s first Olympic gold medal – by the way on the Tokyo Games in 1964.
    If Vinesh Phogat was searching for inspiration forward of the Japanese capital’s second Olympics, then she started the 12 months on the proper place. In her obsessive pursuit of an Olympic medal, Phogat – after spending just about all of 2020 at her village in Haryana as a result of lockdown restrictions – has been traversing throughout Europe because the begin of the New Year alongside together with her private coach, Hungarian Woller Akos.
    Phogat’s first cease was the famed coaching centre in Budapest. From there, she travelled roughly 800km north to Spala in Poland, the place she sparred with among the high wrestlers from the world over. This weekend, the Indian wrestler shall be in Kiev for her first event of the 12 months – the Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial, which has attracted almost 600 wrestlers from 34 nations. And after that, from March 4 to 7, she shall be in Rome for the 12 months’s first rating event.
    On Saturday, Phogat will step on the mat for her first aggressive bout in a 12 months – because the Asian Championship in New Delhi final February. “It (the Kiev tournament) will be hard because the last year has gone without any competition,” Akos says. “But the results are not important. I would like to see if she can wrestle seven, eight bouts in these two tournaments.”
    In different phrases, the main target shall be on Phogat’s match health. It’s been one in all Akos’s priorities since he started working together with her somewhat earlier than the 2018 Asian Games. At the time, Phogat lacked the stamina to final all six minutes with the identical depth. That step by step modified with various kinds of anaerobic workouts, which concerned fast burst high-intensity coaching classes for brief durations.
    The anaerobic drills – brief sprints interspersed with push-ups, pull-ups and weightlifting – helped enhance Phogat’s heart-rate capability from 182 beats per minute) to 190bpm, which meant Phogat might wrestle at a excessive depth even after getting drained.
    Vinesh Phogat celebrates after profitable the gold medal in ladies’s freestyle 50kg wrestling on the 2018 Asian Games. (File)
    His focus then shifted to the Indian wrestler’s method, including new tilts and holds to her weaponry and altering her movement on the mat from going linear to round. These had been large adjustments to her fashion, launched step by step over a interval of 15 months, when all of it got here to a sudden halt final 12 months with the pandemic.
    The consequent lockdown meant Phogat was caught in Kharkhoda, Haryana, whereas Akos was in Budapest. Training continued by way of video calls, however resumption means work remains to be in progress. “The first thing for us is to return to the individual techniques that are ‘forgotten’ during the lockdown,” he says, in reference to the texture of competitors.
    For many, the postponement was a possibility to organize higher. Not fairly for Phogat. “This situation is not a problem for the countries which have a lot of high-level partners at home and they don’t need to travel abroad for it. For them, it was an advantage (but) for us, it was a disadvantage,” Akos says.
    The gulf within the 53kg class is huge in India. Phogat towers above the remaining on this class. With nobody to problem her at house, even in coaching, Phogat has been compelled to look overseas. At Vasas Sports Club in Budapest, the main target was on the bodily aspect of coaching. “We worked with the men and women wrestlers at the club and at times, with the Hungarian national team,” Akos says. “In Poland, we got a lot of really high-level partners so it was the best situation for us.”
    Kiev will permit her to ease into event mode after a niche of 1 12 months. There are three wrestlers ranked inside the highest 10 collaborating in her class – Phogat ranked the best. Rome, subsequent week, will present a greater glimpse into the place she stands, each when it comes to health and method.
    Akos isn’t taking a look at outcomes. “If we play more matches, it will help our preparation regardless of the result,” he says. “For us, just one tournament matters, the Olympic Games.”

    Explained: Why Phogat is compelled to search for sparring companions overseas
    While most Indian wrestlers are coaching on the nationwide camp, Vinesh Phogat has been coaching individually exterior the nation. This is as a result of, in her class, there aren’t any wrestlers of the identical technical stage with whom she will practice to enhance her stage. While she might practice with sparring mates with extra energy and pace, it’s robust to seek out many who can technically problem her. So, Phogat has been incessantly travelling to Hungary and Poland, the place she will get to spar with among the finest European wrestlers, together with these from the nationwide group of these two nations.

  • Farmers deserve the fitting to farm their land and survive: Ritu Phogat

    Indian wrestler-turned-mixed martial arts fighter Ritu Phogat Saturday joined the listing of celebrities talking on the continuing farmers protest within the nation saying that ‘farmers deserve the right to farm their land and survive’.
    Voicing her assist, Ritu mentioned, “Happy to see so many supporting the #FarmersProtest in New Delhi. These farmers deserve the right to farm their land and survive. Let’s stand with them! #standwithfarmers”

    Happy to see so many supporting the #FarmersProtest in New Delhi. These farmers deserve the fitting to farm their land and survive. Let’s stand with them!
    #standwithfarmers
    — Ritu phogat (@PhogatRitu) February 6, 2021
    Her feedback got here after the Ministry of External Affairs reacted sharply to tweets by Rihanna, teen local weather activist Greta Thunberg and others on the protests. Rihanna, who has 100 million followers on Twitter, on Tuesday posted, “Why aren’t we talking about this?! #FarmersProtest,” linking a CNN report.

    why aren’t we speaking about this?! #FarmersProtest https://t.co/obmIlXhK9S
    — Rihanna (@rihanna) February 2, 2021
    Thousands of farmers have been tenting at a number of Delhi border factors since November final yr, demanding the federal government to repeal the three farm legal guidelines and authorized assure of MSP for his or her crops. Sites of the farmer protest at Delhi’s borders have became fortresses with the police beefing up safety and placing up multi-layer barricades.

    Ritu, the third daughter of former wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat, received the gold medal on the 2016 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in Singapore within the 48 kg class. The following yr, she received a silver medal on the prestigious World Under-23 Wrestling Championships in Poland, turning into the primary feminine Indian wrestler to take action within the course of.

    She was anticipated to characterize India on the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, however she shocked the wrestling world when she introduced that she was switching her focus to combined martial arts as an alternative.

    Meanwhile, former and present India cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Anil Kumble, Ravi Shastri, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma together with ace shuttler Saina Nehwal had been criticised for supporting the federal government’s name on standing in opposition to “propaganda” concerning the continuing farmers’ protest.