The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Friday introduced that it has given aid to Georgian wrestling coach Temo Kazarashvili for non-performance as not one of the Greco-Roman wrestlers may qualify for the Tokyo Games.
India employed Kazarashvili in February 2019 to coach the nation’s Greco-Roman wrestlers on the nationwide camp in Sonepat till the Olympics.
While 4 male freestyle wrestlers and the identical variety of girls made it to the Games, the nation didn’t obtain a single quota within the Greco-Roman model.
“The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has relieved foreign wrestling coach Temo Kazarashvili from his contract, as no Indian Greco-Roman wrestler has qualified for the Olympic Games,” SAI mentioned in a press release.
“The determination was taken following the advice of the Wrestling Federation of India. His contract with SAI was from February 2019 until the Olympics.
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) assistant secretary Vinod Tomar defended the choice.
“We had employed him particularly for the Olympics however to no avail. His contract was until August this yr, however since there isn’t any nationwide camp, what would he have achieved now, when the main target was on the Tokyo Games, so we instructed SAI that his companies weren’t required.
Tomar mentioned that they may search for new international coaches after the Olympics.
The WFI additionally dismissed Iran’s Hossein Karimi (freestyle) and American Andrew Cook (girls) halfway, saying their tantrums had turn out to be troublesome to take care of.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
