With Reetika Hooda securing India’s first-ever Olympic quota place in the women’s heaviest weight, 76 kg, at the Asian Olympic qualifier in Bishkek recently, several challengers are aspiring to beat Reetika in the trials and book a ticket to Paris.
The women’s 76 kg, once one of the weaker categories for India, has now got some good wrestlers, also including World junior champion Priya Malik, Asian Games bronze medallist Kiran Bishnoi and 2022 World junior silver medallist Bipasha, who can perform well internationally.
Even though Reetika looks stronger at present because of her solid performances in Bishkek, the challengers will fancy their chances in case the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) decides to hold trials between Olympic quota place winners and challengers to pick athletes for Paris 2024.
