Top wrestlers to be seen in junior national wrestling C’ship

According to Darshan Lal,general secretary of Chandigarh Wrestling Association,defending champions Services Sports Control Board,runners-up Delhi and third position holders Haryana in the last edition,will be fielding two teams each in freestyle competitions for boys. Similarly,holders Punjab,runners-up SSCB and third position holders Uttar Pradesh are also entitled to field two teams each in the Greco-Roman competitions for boys. Holders Haryana,runners-up Uttar Pradesh and third position winners Delhi will send two teams each in the girls freestyle competitions.

The international wrestlers who will be seen in action are Devi Singh Thakur (50 kg),Bajrang (60 kg),Parveen Rana (66 kg),Deepak (74 kg),Somveer (84 kg),Yudhvir (96 kg) and Satender (120 kg); all medal winners in the 2012 Junior Asian Feestyle and Greco-Roman and Female Wrestling Championships held at Alaty (Kazakhstan) from May 29 to June 3.

Indu Chaudhary (44kg),Ruby Chaudhary (48 kg),Lalita (51 kg),Rity (55 kg),Pooja Dhanda (59 kg),Sakshi Malik (63 kg),Seema (67 kg) and Kiran (72 kg) are the medal winners in the women’s freestyle competitions in Alaty (Kazakhstan).

Also,Indian medal winners in the 2012 Cadet Asian Freestyle and Greco-Roman and Female Wrestling Championship held at Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) and 2012 World Cadet Freestyle and Greco-Roman and Female Wrestling Championships in Baku (Azerbaijan),will also stake their claims for the top honours. Meanwhile,medical examination in freestyle and Greco-Roman in 66 kg and 84 kg for boys and freestyle for women in 44 kg,51 kg and 63 kg,will be done from 4 to 5 pm,while weighing-in is scheduled in these categories from 5 to 5.30 pm. Elimination rounds and repechage will be held on May 10 from 7 am to 12.30 pm. The semi-finals and finals in these categories will be conducted from 4 to 7 pm.

Medical examinations and weighing-in in other categories will be conducted on May 10,11 and 12,followed by competitions on each day. A team from National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) will be deputed to take samples of the winners.