The Indian Olympic Association (IOA)-appointed ad-hoc committee, with some support from the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), is all set to conduct the selection trials for next month’s Asian championships and Asian Olympic Games qualifier in Bishkek at Sonipat and Patiala on Sunday and Monday.
Following uncertainties due to the ad-hoc committee and the WFI announcing same dates for the trials, the Delhi High Court ordered in favour of the former conducting the trials while the United World Wrestling (UWW) underlined that it would receive the entries only from its affiliated national federation (the WFI).
After UWW’s communication on Friday, the ad-hoc committee – which had earlier decided to consider only the wrestlers who competed in the National championships conducted by it in Jaipur apart from some wrestlers who performed well in 2022 and 2023 – and the national federation have prepared a combined list including those who participated in the WFI-organised Pune Nationals, earlier not recognised by the Government.
