Olympic silver medalist Ravi Dahiya says he has determined to overlook the upcoming Wrestling World Championships as he has not received time to arrange for the choice trials carried out by WFI subsequent week to select the Indian crew for the celebrated event.
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) will maintain trials for the world on Tuesday, which will probably be held in Oslo, Norway from October 2-10.
Dahiya and different Tokyo Games medalists are touring from state to state for a number of felicitation ceremonies being held of their honour.
“I don’t want to be on the mat without preparation. What’s the point of competing without enough practice. That’s why I miss the World Championships because I don’t want to go to the trials without enough practice.”
Dahiya would be the second huge star to be lacking from the Indian line-up as Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Bajrang Punia has additionally been dominated out as a result of a ligament rupture in his proper knee.
“I will try to take part in one or two tournaments before the end of the season after starting serious training from next month,” he mentioned.
However, when requested if too many capabilities are bothering her, Dahiya didn’t complain.
“How do you tell them ‘no’? They are your own people, who want to respect and respect you. The only thing is that I get tired,” he mentioned.
It was anticipated that Dahiya would compete within the 61kg class as a substitute of his standard 57kg class on the planet as shedding and sustaining weight is a big situation for the wrestlers.
It takes a number of onerous work to drop a few pounds as a result of they not solely quit meals, generally they go with out water for a very long time.
Dahiya had no objection to the truth that the WFI has not exempted him from the trial.
“The union is doing the right thing by calling for a trial. They know what’s best. I don’t mind attending the trial,” he mentioned, including that he would quickly convey his choice to the federation.
WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar mentioned there was nothing fallacious in asking star wrestlers to seem within the trials.
“We have to prepare the second line as well. We have to give everyone a chance to claim to be in the national team, so everyone has to come to the trials,” Tomar mentioned.
Dahiya, 23, mentioned he was busy to such an extent that he couldn’t spend time together with his household even after getting back from Tokyo.
“I went dwelling final week and that too for less than two hours. There wasn’t sufficient time. When we got here again, I met my father solely on the airport, mentioned Dahiya, son of a farmer from Nahari village in Haryana.
Meanwhile, there was nonetheless no readability on the three wrestlers – Vinesh Phogat, Sonam Malik and Divya Kakran – collaborating within the trials because the WFI is but to take a call on their respective points.
Vinesh was suspended for indiscipline through the Tokyo Games whereas Sonam was served a present trigger discover for misconduct. Divya was additionally despatched a discover by her father for her remarks towards the Federation.
Both Sonam and Divya have apologized for his or her behaviour.
Vinesh additionally tendered an unconditional apology for not carrying the official equipment throughout her bouts, however “respectfully” disagreed with the allegation that she didn’t practice and stayed with fellow Indian wrestlers in Tokyo.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
