After Indian Olympic Affiliation‘s ad-hoc panel introduced a one-bout trial for six protesting wrestlers, the choice obtained robust criticism by coaches and oldsters of the opposite wrestlers together with Yogeshwar Dutt.
The wrestlers shared an image of an undated letter which mentions six wrestlers requesting for some further time for coaching forward of the trials.
These wrestlers have been protesting in opposition to the president of the Wrestling Federation of India, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment because the begin of the yr.
The ad-hoc panel had additionally requested the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to increase the date of submission for entries by one month, from its final date of July 15.
The undated letter, addressed to sports activities minister Anurag Thakur, learn, “It’s requested to you that because of their participation within the wrestlers’ protest, the under talked about wrestlers want some extra time to organize for the trials for the Asian Video games and the World Championships.”
The request to be awarded time to coach for the trials was made for protesting wrestlers Bajrang Punia (65kg), Sakshi Malik (62kg), her husband Satyawart Kadian (97kg), Sangeeta Phogat (57kg), Jitender Kumar (86kg) and Vinesh (53kg) herself.
“Therefore it’s a request to you that trials have to be held for these wrestlers after August 10, 2023,” the letter, signed by all six wrestlers talked about, added.
Together with sharing the letter, Vinesh wrote on her Twitter web page, “The protesting wrestlers had solely requested to postpone the date of the trials, since because of our participation within the protests for the final six months, we didn’t get sufficient time for follow.
“We perceive that it is a critical matter, which is why we’re sharing this letter with you. The enemy is making an attempt to interrupt the unity among the many wrestlers, we can’t allow them to have success,” Vinesh added.
(With inputs from PTI)
