Ahead of Asiad, wrestlers not keen on national camp

Freestyle and women wrestlers selected for the Asian Games have preferred to continue training at their respective centres instead of joining the national camp

- Avishek Roy

A camp has not been held in the last seven months despite several requests from national coaches. Since the suspension of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) in January following the protest by top wrestlers against then WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, wrestlers have been confined to their respective training centres and go for competition straight from there. A short national camp was called before the Asian Championships in April.

With the trials for Asian Games and World Championships finally over after a long delay, there was a plan to hold a short national camp. It is important to assess form and fitness and ensure wrestlers get better better sparring partners too.