The Wrestling Federation of India has nominated fast-rising Anshu Malik in addition to Olympic-bound and World Championship medal-winning wrestlers Ravi Dahiya and Deepak Punia for the Arjuna Award.
Deepak had gained a silver medal on the 2019 World Championships in Nur Sultan, whereas Ravi gained a bronze medal with a ticket to Tokyo.
Dahiya has emerged as a robust medal contender within the 57kg class on the Games, the place she is seeded fourth.
He not too long ago defended his Asian title in Almaty earlier than successful a silver medal on the Poland Open.
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) additionally nominated 19-year-old Malik, who has gained 5 medals in six tournaments, together with the Asian title, since beginning his stint within the senior circuit final 12 months.
Sarita Mor, who missed out on Olympic qualification however gained the Asian title in 59kg in Almaty, has additionally been nominated for the Arjuna.
WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar mentioned, “All the 4 wrestlers have carried out effectively and deserve recognition, so we’ve got despatched their functions.
“We have additionally nominated coaches Vikram, Kuldeep Malik and Sujit Mann for the Dronacharya award.
It could also be famous that National Women’s Coach Kuldeep Malik is already a recipient of Dhyan Chand Award, therefore her software for Dronacharya can’t be thought of.
Before becoming a member of Railways as a coach, Sujeeth had gained 4 Asian medals in his wrestling profession.
He was additionally related because the nationwide coach of the Indian males’s freestyle group from 2011 to 2019.
Jagroop Rathi, RK Hooda and RS Kundu have been nominated by WFI in Life Time Achievement Category (Dronacharya).
Hooda is the secretary of Haryana Wrestling Association.
For the Dhyanchand award, WFI has despatched names of Sajjan Singh, Jai Prakash and Dushyant Sharma.
89-year-old Sajjan Singh participated within the 1960 Rome Olympics.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
