Indian men wrestling team (Free Style) all set for Junior World Championship

New Delhi, August 10, 2015: The Wrestling Federation of India today announced its 8 member Junior Men team (Free Style) which will compete in the Junior World Wrestling Championship to be held at Salvador Da Bahia in Brazil from 11 – 16 August 2015. The event of free style team will commence on 13 August 2015.

Ravi Kumar (55 kg) who had recently won the only Gold medal in the free style category during Junior Asian Wrestling Championship 2015 in Myanmar will spearhead the Indian attack in the upcoming event.

Praveen (84 kg), the only medal winner (bronze) for the country in free style during the 2014 Junior World Wrestling Championship in Zagreb, Croatia will also be the core member of the current team. Out of the eight players selected in the free style team, seven have won the medals in the Junior Asian Wrestling Championship held at Myanmar last month. 

Mr. Brij  Bhushan Sharan Singh, President Wrestling Federation of India and Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha said “The preparations of our free style team for the Junior World Championship started well in advance and they have shown brilliant performances in the Junior Asian Championship in Myanmar winning seven out of eight medals. After returning home from Myanmar, our team had a month long camp wherein coaches have worked hard with the players on improving their techniques. I am hopeful that our free style team will improve their medal tally this time”.

The training camp of the Junior Men Wrestling team is currently underway at SAI Training Centre, Sonepat and will continue till their departure to Brazil on 12 August.  

Freestyle Team-

Bharat Patil (50kg), Ravi Kumar (55kg), Amit (60kg), Vikas (66kg), Dinesh (74kg), Praveen (84kg), Rubal Jeet Singh (96kg), Dushyant (120kg)

Support Staff –

Jitender Yadav (Coach), Giridhar V R(Coach), Uday Pratap Singh (Coach) and Pravesh Vashisht (Masseur)