The team was recently selected during the trials conducted
by the selection committee of WFI at the SAI Training Centre in Sonepat.
Mr. Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, President Wrestling
Federation of India and Member Parliament (Lok Sabha) said “This is one of
the best and passionate team selected for Junior World Championship which has
given outstanding results in the recent past. Looking at the outstanding
performance of our Greco Roman team in the Junior Asian Wrestling Championship
held at Myanmar
last month makes me feel confident that our wrestlers will definitely make
country proud by winning more and more medals in this mega event”.
Out of total 8 members of the current Indian Junior Men
Wrestling team (Greco Roman Style), 4 wrestlers have recently won medals in the
Junior Asian Wrestling Championship held at Myanmar from 9-12 July 2015. Mehar
Singh who won the first ever medal (Silver) for the country in the Greco Roman
Style during 2013 Junior World Wrestling Championship held at Thailand and the first ever Gold medal in the
Junior Asian Wrestling Championship 2015 is also the part of current team
travelling to Brazil .
The team will also see participation of Ravinder (60 kg) who had also won Gold
medal in the Junior Asian Wrestling Championship 2015.
The camp of the Indian Junior Men wrestling team is
currently underway at SAI Training Centre in Sonepat from 10 July
2015 and it will continue till the departure of the team for Brazil .
The team will depart for Brazil on 9th August
2015.
Greco Roman Style Team - Inakhumba (50kg), Manish (55
kg), Ravinder (60 kg), Ashok (66kg), Manjeet (74kg), Rahul (84kg), Ravi (84kg)
and Mehar Singh (120kg)
Support Staff- Ravinder Kr Mishra (Coach), Balwant Singh
(Coach), Sonu (Coach), Rajender Prasad (Referee) and Vishal (Masseur)
WFI Press release
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