Day to forget for India at qualifiers

IT was never going to be easy given the way the sport has been managed in the past oneand-a-half-year but expectations were still high from the Indian wrestlers.

- FIROZ MIRZA

They have always delivered on the biggest stage winning at least a medal since the 2008 Olympics.

But this time, blame it on lack of proper coordination and management in the absence of recognised wrestling body, they failed to win a single quota for Paris Games as four men's freestyle wrestlers could not reach the finals of their respective weight categories at the Asian Olympic Games Qualifier in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Friday. As per the qualification criteria, the top two from each weight category were assured of an Olympic quota.