Bajrang had a back injury due to which he didn’t participate
in the trails conducted by Wrestling Federation of India last month. In fact,
he had requested the Federation in advance mentioning his inability to attend
the trails and considering his past performance, the selection committee took
the decision that the finalist of his weight category in the trials will only
participate in the Kazakhstan Tournament while final candidate for World
Wrestling Championship 2015 will be selected after trail with him. On the basis
of this decision of selection committee, Sonu was selected only for Kazakhstan tour
concluded last month.
Bajrang who had won bronze medal in the World Wrestling
Championship 2013 said “I am feeling better now and during past few days I have
worked hard on my back injury. I have already won bronze medal in the World
Championship but this time my target will be to win gold and qualify for Rio
Olympic Games 2016. We still have a month left for the World Championship and
our coaches are working hard in every area”.
In the Women’s 53 kg category, Commonwealth Games 2014 Gold
medalist Babita Kumari beat Nirmala Devi 6-2 to book her berth for 2015 World
Wrestling Championships.
Due to her injury, World Championship 2012 bronze medalist
Babita Kumari didn’t participate in the trials conducted by Wrestling
Federation of India in Lucknow
last month. But considering her past performances, the selection committee
decided to conduct the finals of her trials after the Kazakhstan
tour, where Nirmala Devi, the other finalist in the category, represented
the country.
WFI Press release
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