New Delhi, July 7: The Indian team picked for U17 World Championship did not have many surprises with as many as six medal winners from the recent Asian Championships acing the selection trials to make the national team here on Monday.
The Wresting Federation of India (WFI) had restricted the trials to medal winners at the recent U17 National Championship, thus only the best wrestlers in each of the 10 categories competed, limiting the number of bouts.
Haryana’s Rachna Parmar (43kg), Delhi’s Moni (57kg), Rajasthan’s Ashvini Vaishno (65kg), and Haryana’s Manisha (69kg), who won gold medals at the Asian Championships in Vietnam, emerged winners in their respective categories.
The 65kg and 69kg weight class featured only two wrestlers each.
Ashvini beating Haryana’s Taniya 2-0 in 65kg and Manisha pinning Delhi Bharti after taking a comfortable 4-0 lead.
Anshika Yadav from UP missed out on competing in the 69kg as the officials did not allow her weigh-in because her passport is expiring in December this year and a six-month validity is a must for visa application.
Uttar Pradesh’s Preeti (40kg), Kasish (46kg), Komal (49kg), Yashita (61kg) and Kajal (73kg) were the other trials winners.
Incidentally, Kajal was the lone wrestler in 73kg weight class. (PTI)
