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Indian Wrestling Trials : Can Sakshi make a comeback as she gets ready to battle friends in 65kg Four years is a long time in sport and no one is learning this better than  Sakshi Malik .  4 years back she was darling of the entire nation as she won the Rio Olympics Silver medal and 4 years down the line she is struggling to make her presence felt in the Indian wrestling eco-system. She will once again be on test on Sunday when she fights for a place in the Indian wrestling team for the Asian Championships, this time in the non-olympic category of 65kg. 65 KG – SAKSHI MALIK vs NISHA vs NAVJOT 18 year old Sonam shocked Sakshi Malik last week to qualify in 62kg category to qualify for the Asian Olympic Qualifiers, Ranking Series event in Rome and Asian Wrestling Championship in Delhi.  The place for the Olympic Qualifier is already lost but after the debacle in the trials the Rio Olympic medallist Sakshi will now be in action in the 65kg...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics : Competition for Vinesh Phogat gets tough as world champion in 55kg Jacarra Winchester moves to 53 It can’t get more tougher for  Vinesh Phogat . She already had wrestlers like World Champion Pak Yong Mi (North Korea), Mayu Mukaida (Japan) and Qiyanyu Pang (China) in her weight category of 53kg and now 2019 Senior World Champion in 55kg Jacarra Winchester has joined the list of challengers. A World champ at 55 kg, which is a non-Olympic weight, Winchester was forced to decide on a new weight class for the 2020 season. “I’m going 53 kg because I was in the middle at 55,” Winchester said. “I tried different and bigger weight classes in the past.   Winchester had been a steady presence on the Senior level for a number of years, but her breakout season came in 2018, when she made her first Senior World Team, knocking off returning 2017 World bronze medalist Becka Leathers in a domestic competition. Winchester went on to take fifth position in...

Vinesh Phogat in Kiev for training before the ranking series event in Rome The Iron-Lady of Indian wrestling  Vinesh Phogat  is not leaving any stone unturned in her preparations for the  Tokyo 2020 Olympics .  In the last few weeks of December she opted for sub-zero temperature raining camp in Bulgaria to improve her core body strength and now she has left for Kiev, Ukraine for mat training sessions to prepare herself for the season opening  ranking series  event in Rome scheduled from 15th January. Vinesh’s  coach Woller Akos has arranged this training trip for her and in an interview to an English Daily has said that unlike the physical training camp in Bulgaria the entire focus in Kiev will be on Wrestling itself. “It will be all about wrestling and situational wrestling. She will also undergo dynamic and fast exercises during her stay in Kiev, after a week of training in the Ukrainian capital,  Vinesh  will join the natio...

Rome Ranking Series : Olympic Champion Erica Weibe confirms her participation in 76kg as Canada announces their squad Erica Wiebe will begin her 2020 campaign to defend her Olympic title in Rome. She’ll be up against a strong field at 76 kg that includes eight Olympic or World Championship medallists. Linda Morais will be making her international debut at 57 kg. The 2019 World Champion at 59 kg dropped down to her new weight-class for the Canadian Wrestling Trials, where she defeated Hannah Taylor in the 57 kg finals. Jessie MacDonald, Sam Stewart, Michelle Fazzari, and Danielle Lappage will also be looking to start the Olympic year off with strong performances in Italy. Watch the season first UWW Ranking Series event LIVE & EXCLUSIVE from Rome on WrestlingTV.in from 15th January to 18th January On the men’s side, Jasmit Phulka, Jordie Steen, and Amar Dhesi will be competing at the event in an effort to build on their international experience leading into the Pan-Am...

Bajrang Punia cut short his trip in Turkey, returns back to India, take a look why ? It can’t get more bizarre than this. India’s biggest medal winning hope for Tokyo 2020 Bajrang Punia has cut short his training trip in Turkey and has returned back to India.  Bajrang Punia left for Turkey on 3-week training trip on 29th Dec and was also supposed to compete at Yasar Dogu international beginning on Friday this week. But he decided to cut short his trip and has returned to India on 4th Dec only after 4 days in Turkey WrestlingTV   has learnt from its sources that Bajrang’s coach Shako Bentinidis could not procure his visa to travel to Turkey which led to Punia returning back to India. Bajrang had left for Turkey without his coach expecting that after getting his visas processed Shako will join him in Turkey.  But the delays in Visa processing led to frustrated Bajrang returning back to India as it was getting difficult for him to manage things on his own in ...

Maharashtra Kesari Wrestling : Favorites Bala Rafiq Shaikh and Katke bites the dust, final between Shelke vs Harshvardan The prestigious 63rd Maharashtra Kesari  Wrestling tournament  will see a new champion in 2020 as favorites Abhijeet Katke (National Runner’s up) and defending champion Bala Rafiq Shaikh were stunned by their respective opponents.  The finals of 2020 will now be contested between Harshvardhan Sadgir and Shailesh Shelke. Harshvardhan Sadgir defeated 2017 winner Abhijit Katke 5-2 in the final to qualify as mat winner, while Shailesh Shelke defeated Dnyaneshwar Jamdade 11-10 in a dramatic fashion to enter as mud representative for the title bout.   In an interesting turn of events, two wrestlers from Kaka Pawar’s taleem qualified for the title bout after clinching their respective category finals in the prestigious 63rd Maharashtra Kesari Wrestling Championships at the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi-Mhalunge on Mon...