Sports Ministry clears proposals for overseas training of Bajrang, Deepak Punia
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The committee gave in-principle approval to the proposal of both Bajrang and Deepak, with the condition of providing fitness certificate with proper reason for not participating in the senior world championship trials before going abroad. Later, on 19th August, the reason for not participating in the World Championship was given and on 21st August, he gave the fitness test at SAI’s Sonipat center. In this he was declared fit. Meanwhile, Deepak has also submitted his answer and medical certificate on 22 August. Both have submitted the required documents. The SAI has now requested the athletes to provide their travel dates. On receipt of their reply, tickets will be booked on the first available flight.
The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Sports Ministry has approved the proposal of wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Deepak Punia to skip the World Championship trials and train abroad till the Asian Games, provided they provide fitness certificates. The Sports Authority of India (SAI) wanted Olympic medalist wrestler Bajrang to appear in the World Championship trials and provide a fitness certificate if he wants to be exempted from this week’s trials in Patiala. Bajrang is planning to skip the World Championships trials on August 25 and 26. He wants to train abroad to prepare for the Asian Games starting in Hangzhou on September 23. Bajrang was among six wrestlers to protest at Jantar Mantar against outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Besides him, Commonwealth Games gold medalist Deepak Punia (86kg) is also not keen to compete at the World Championships in Belgrade from September 16. Deepak also wants to practice abroad for a long time to prepare for the Asian Games. SAI said in a statement issued here on Tuesday, “We had received the proposal of Bajrang on 18 August. He plans to train for 39 days in Kyrgyzstan (August 21-September 28) with physiotherapist Anuj Gupta, personal coach Sujit Mann, ‘strength and conditioning’ specialist Qazi Kiran Mustafa Hasan and ‘sparring partner’ Jitendra Kinha. Deepak wants to train in Khasavyurt (Russia) for five weeks (August 23 to September 28) before the Asian Games.
He said, “The committee discussed the demands of these two. The committee gave in-principle approval to the proposal of both Bajrang and Deepak, with the condition of providing fitness certificate with proper reason for not participating in the senior world championship trials before going abroad. Later, on 19th August, the reason for not participating in the World Championship was given and on 21st August, he gave the fitness test at SAI’s Sonipat center. In this he was declared fit. Meanwhile, Deepak has also submitted his answer and medical certificate on 22 August. Both have submitted the required documents. The SAI has now requested the athletes to provide their travel dates. On receipt of their reply, tickets will be booked on the first available flight.
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