The team was recently selected by the selection committee of
Wrestling Federation of India on the basis of their performance in the trials
conducted at SAI Centre in Lucknow (UP).
“The female wrestlers made us proud last month by winning
four medals in the Junior Asian Wrestling Championship held at Myanmar and
looking at their recent form during the training sessions in a month long camp,
I am confident that the team picked by the selectors has the potential to
perform well in the Junior World Wrestling Championship” said Mr. Brij
Bhushan Sharan Singh, President Wrestling Federation of India and Member
Parliament, Lok Sabha.
“In the last Junior World Wrestling Championship 2014 held
at Zagreb our female wrestlers have won two medals including one silver and one
bronze but this time we aim to improve our medal tally and our wrestlers are
ready for the challenge” added WFI President.
The team will see participation of some outstanding
performers in the recent events like Junior Asian Wrestling Championship 2015
bronze medalist and Asian Cadet Championship 2015 gold medalist Divya Kakran
(67 kg), Junior Asian Wrestling Championship silver medalist Sarita (59 kg),
Junior Asian Wrestling Championship bronze medalists Manisha (63 kg) and Pooja
(72 kg).
The national camp of the team is currently underway at SAI
Centre in Lucknow and will continue till the
departure of the team to Brazil
on 10th August 2015.
Team -
Sonu (44 Kg), Neetu (48 Kg), Pinky (51 kg), Manju Kumari(55
Kg), Sarita(59Kg), Manisha(63 Kg), Divya Kakran(67 Kg), Pooja (72Kg)
Support staff-
Kuldeep Singh (Coach), Devi Prasad (Coach), Namita
Kumari(Coach), Balbir Singh(Referee) and Manya Sharma (Masseur)
WFI Press release
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