Asiad trials set to be performed behind closed doors

NEW DELHI: The ad-hoc committee selected by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has actually decided to perform the Asian Games battling trials behind closed doors. This choice follows a tense scenario occurred at the IG Stadium on Friday, where moms and dads of some wrestlers participated in a heated argument with the panel members. The debate came from the exemption provided to Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia (65kg) and world medallist Vinesh Phogat (53kg) from taking part in the trials. This choice caused discontent amongst the households of other wrestlers, who thought it to be “unreasonable” and “unfair.” The scenario intensified as mad wrestlers and their relative threatened to boycott the trials as a type of demonstration. The ad-hoc panel, in an effort to avoid any more fights, chose to limit entry for the trials and perform them with no viewers inside the fumbling hall. The panel took procedures to make sure the trials continue as arranged. Each wrestler will be accompanied by their coach and masseur throughout the trials. The regional authorities, consisting of the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of the area, have actually been asked to offer enough workers to make sure no unauthorised people get in the hall throughout the trials. The trials will continue as prepared, with choices being made in 6 Greco-Roman and as numerous females’s classifications on Saturday. The trials for 6 guys’s freestyle departments will happen on Sunday. The ad-hoc committee is taking these actions to keep order and fairness throughout the choice procedure for the Asian Games battling te
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