Facing a lot of criticism after exempting Bajrang Punia (65kg) and Vinesh Phogat (53kg) from the Asian Games trials, the Indian Olympic Association-appointed ad-hoc committee tried to control the damage by announcing undated selection trials for the World Championships, scheduled from September 16 to 24 in Belgrade.
The IOA came to the ad-hoc committee’s support by issuing a release, which stated that “final assessment of the wrestling team will be made prior to departure of the team” for the Asiad, even as two promising wrestlers, World under-20 champion and Asian silver medallist Antim Panghal and Ranking Series gold medallist and Asian under-23 champion Sujeet Kalkal, on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court demanding fair trials for the mega continental event.
The case will come up for hearing on Thursday.
