NEW DELHI: In a setback for the Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA), the Hangzhou Asian Video games Organising Committee (HAGOC) has declined the IOA’s plea for an additional extension of the deadline to submit the names of the Indian wrestling crew for the upcoming continental multi-sporting occasion.
The IOA had initially requested the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to increase the deadline to August 5; nonetheless, they had been granted solely a seven-day extension till July 22.
The HAGOC has mounted July 15 because the closing date for all collaborating nations to offer the names of their athletes for the Asian Video games, scheduled to be held from September 23 to October 8.
“The Hangzhou Organising Committee has rejected the IOA’s request for additional extension. They conveyed it to the OCA, and the OCA has conveyed this resolution to the IOA,” an official supply from the Indian Olympic Affiliation revealed to PTI.
Because the July 22 deadline quickly approaches for finalising the Indian wrestling crew and submitting the names to HAGOC, the IOA’s ad-hoc panel faces a race in opposition to time to organise trials and choose the crew for this prestigious occasion.
The demand to delay the submission of entries by identify was initially made by six protesting wrestlers, together with Olympic medalists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, in addition to Asian Video games gold medalist Vinesh Phogat.
That they had requested the sports activities ministry to increase the trial dates, citing their incapacity to take part because of ongoing agitation in opposition to the outgoing president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
In response, the IOA’s chief had written to the OCA, initially looking for an extension till August 10, which was later revised to August 5. Nonetheless, the OCA granted a mere seven-day extension till July 22.
With the HAGOC in the end rejecting the IOA’s request for additional extension, it stays unsure how the ad-hoc panel, led by Bhupender Singh Bajwa, will proceed within the coming days to expedite the trials and choose the wrestling crew.
Moreover, the proposal for a one-bout trial for the protesting wrestlers is not into account. Initially, the ad-hoc committee had put forth a proposal that required the six protesting wrestlers to take part in a single bout in opposition to the winners of the trials of their respective weight classes. Nonetheless, because of sturdy opposition from different wrestlers, coaches, and oldsters who perceived this as preferential remedy, the ad-hoc panel has deserted its personal proposal.
The Indian wrestling fraternity now faces the problem of adhering to the approaching deadline and swiftly resolving the interior points surrounding the choice course of.
(With inputs from PTI)
The IOA had initially requested the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to increase the deadline to August 5; nonetheless, they had been granted solely a seven-day extension till July 22.
The HAGOC has mounted July 15 because the closing date for all collaborating nations to offer the names of their athletes for the Asian Video games, scheduled to be held from September 23 to October 8.
“The Hangzhou Organising Committee has rejected the IOA’s request for additional extension. They conveyed it to the OCA, and the OCA has conveyed this resolution to the IOA,” an official supply from the Indian Olympic Affiliation revealed to PTI.
Because the July 22 deadline quickly approaches for finalising the Indian wrestling crew and submitting the names to HAGOC, the IOA’s ad-hoc panel faces a race in opposition to time to organise trials and choose the crew for this prestigious occasion.
The demand to delay the submission of entries by identify was initially made by six protesting wrestlers, together with Olympic medalists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, in addition to Asian Video games gold medalist Vinesh Phogat.
That they had requested the sports activities ministry to increase the trial dates, citing their incapacity to take part because of ongoing agitation in opposition to the outgoing president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
In response, the IOA’s chief had written to the OCA, initially looking for an extension till August 10, which was later revised to August 5. Nonetheless, the OCA granted a mere seven-day extension till July 22.
With the HAGOC in the end rejecting the IOA’s request for additional extension, it stays unsure how the ad-hoc panel, led by Bhupender Singh Bajwa, will proceed within the coming days to expedite the trials and choose the wrestling crew.
Moreover, the proposal for a one-bout trial for the protesting wrestlers is not into account. Initially, the ad-hoc committee had put forth a proposal that required the six protesting wrestlers to take part in a single bout in opposition to the winners of the trials of their respective weight classes. Nonetheless, because of sturdy opposition from different wrestlers, coaches, and oldsters who perceived this as preferential remedy, the ad-hoc panel has deserted its personal proposal.
The Indian wrestling fraternity now faces the problem of adhering to the approaching deadline and swiftly resolving the interior points surrounding the choice course of.
(With inputs from PTI)
