Pooja Gehlot recovering from injured elbow, requests WFI for final trial in February
Pooja Gehlot recovering from injured elbow, requests WFI for final trial in February
Just 2 months back Pooja Gehlot was the cynosure of all eyes as she won the historic silver medal at the Under 23 world championships in Budapest last November.
So impressive was her performance at the world’s that Indian wrestling great Sushil Kumar predicted golden future for her. But 2 months down the line Pooja is struggling to recover from an injury that she sustained during her semifinal bout in the U23 World Championship.
Pooja suffered from Grade II – Elbow Ligament Tear during the bout. This has resulted in 22 year old Delhi girl missing out on first on the senior national championships in Jalandhar and then the most crucial national trials for selection of the Indian team for the Olympic Qualifiers.
Pooja was targeting a spot in the Indian team for the Olympic qualifiers in 50kg category but untimely injury has messed up her plans.
50Kg selection Con-durum
The inconsistency of the other hopefuls in the category of 50kg still gives Pooja some hope for Olympic qualification spot. In absence of Pooja, Rajasthan’s Sheetal Tomar triumphed at the senior nationals in Jalandhar but she lost out to others in the subsequent trials. Seema who was ranked number 3 in the UWW world rankings in the category in 2019 is woefully out of form and has lost to lower ranked wrestlers in last 2 months.
Just 2 months back Pooja Gehlot was the cynosure of all eyes as she won the historic silver medal at the Under 23 world championships in Budapest last November.
So impressive was her performance at the world’s that Indian wrestling great Sushil Kumar predicted golden future for her. But 2 months down the line Pooja is struggling to recover from an injury that she sustained during her semifinal bout in the U23 World Championship.
Pooja suffered from Grade II – Elbow Ligament Tear during the bout. This has resulted in 22 year old Delhi girl missing out on first on the senior national championships in Jalandhar and then the most crucial national trials for selection of the Indian team for the Olympic Qualifiers.
Pooja was targeting a spot in the Indian team for the Olympic qualifiers in 50kg category but untimely injury has messed up her plans.
50Kg selection Con-durum
The inconsistency of the other hopefuls in the category of 50kg still gives Pooja some hope for Olympic qualification spot. In absence of Pooja, Rajasthan’s Sheetal Tomar triumphed at the senior nationals in Jalandhar but she lost out to others in the subsequent trials. Seema who was ranked number 3 in the UWW world rankings in the category in 2019 is woefully out of form and has lost to lower ranked wrestlers in last 2 months.
Nirmala Devi of Haryana won the national trials to qualify for the Rome Ranking series and Asian Championships in Delhi. Though she entered last 4 of the Rome Ranking series, her performance in the Asian Championship will be keenly watched.
In case she trips, WFI may call for trials once again and that will give Pooja another shot at the Olympic Qualification spot.
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