Punia took to Twitter and wrote, "The federation's job is to support the players, take care of their sporting needs. If there is a problem, it has to be solved. But what to do if the federation itself creates the problem? Now we have to fight, we will not back down."
Tejaswini Sawant proved her command over the discipline with a score of 618 points, beating second-placed Bhakti Khamkar of Mumbai by a margin of 4.5 points. Pune's Pranali Suryawanshi bagged the bronze with a total of 611.7 points.
As many as 207 top shooters of the state (124 men and 83 women) will compete in rifle and pistol competitions at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex. As many as 240 wrestlers are registered to participate in Maharashtra State Olympic Games.
While Sangeeta Phogat, the wife of Tokyo Olympic medalist Bajrang Punia, triumphed against Delhi wrestler Sumitra in her gold medal contest, Sarita Mor, a bronze medalist from the world championships, upset Simran in the women's freestyle 59kg final.
The Asian championship competitions will feature men's freestyle, women's freestyle, and men's Greco-Roman divisions. The wrestlers will receive ranking points from it, which will be used to set their seedings for the September World Championships.
India suffered a major blow in the U-23 World Wrestling Championships after 21 members of the 30-member squad were denied visas to Spain by the Spanish Embassy.
21 members of the 30-member Wrestling squad of India were denied visa to Spain and as per reports the denial is due to the intentions of the players to leave the territory before the expiry of the visa.
Four Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers, including former Asian champion Sunil Kumar, lost in their respective opening rounds of the World Wrestling Championships 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia on Saturday.
The International training has been cleared under the Ministry's Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) with Commonwealth Games Gold Medalists Deepak and Bajrang set to fly out to Michigan on August 23.
Washington [US], August 22 (ANI): Alison Brie revealed that her show 'GLOW' about female wrestlers was cancelled almost after two years by Netflix. And it still has a special place in her heart.