With the Oversight Committee record associated with allegations of sexual harassment in opposition to the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and its officers but to be printed, India’s Olympic medal-winning wrestler Bajrang Punia mentioned he and triple Commonwealth Games gold winner in Women’s wrestling, Vinesh Phogat, selected to drag out in their out of the country coaching excursions.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) had closing month cleared Bajrang’s proposal to coach in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan, for 16 days. Vinesh used to be scheduled to head for an 11-day coaching camp in Spala, Poland. However, Bajrang and Vinesh later withdrew from their respective excursions.
Bajrang mentioned he had communicated to SAI his causes for taking flight. “The matter for which the wrestlers had protested is still not resolved. The Oversight Committee report has not come out, and under the circumstances, we did not want to go. We were hopeful that it would get sorted. We had informed SAI of our decision,” Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Bajrang mentioned.
Both Bajrang and Vinesh, who gained medals on the World Championships closing 12 months, didn’t take part within the global rating sequence tournaments and likewise pulled out of the continued Asian Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. “We had said before also that we would not take part in competitions till the time we get justice. Yes, we want to compete because this is a very important year for us with the world championships, which is a Paris Olympics qualifier, scheduled. Both of us are training together and preparing for the big events,” he mentioned.