Wrestling Federation of India not pleased with ladies’s outing regardless of bagging 2 Gold in Commonwealth Games 2022

Wrestling was one in all India’s most dominating disciplines from India within the Commonwealth Games 2022. All amongst 12 Indian athletes gained medals within the CWG.

India’s Anshu Malik (pink) in motion within the Commonwealth Games 2022. (Courtesy: AP)

HIGHLIGHTSWomen’s wrestling contingent from India gained 2 GoldIndia have been thought of the favourites in wrestling within the CWGThree ladies wrestlers returned with Bronze medals

India had a fantastic outing within the wrestling occasions on the Commonwealth Games 2022 with all of their athletes successful medals of their respective classes. While the nation celebrated the clear sweep by the athletes from India, the Wrestling Federation of India, have been left much less impressed.

Having despatched one of many strongest, if not the strongest contingent throughout all nations, the federation anticipated extra Gold medals. While 4 out of six males athletes gained Gold medals, ladies had simply two, regardless of a weak area.

“It was not a great show by our women wrestlers. If you are not winning such a weak field, what it reflects on your performance,” a fuming WFI official was quoted as saying by information company PTI.

“We are going to sit with the wrestlers and review the performance. Anshu could not even launch a proper attack against a much older opponent. Wrestlers must think about it.

“India is definitely a powerhouse in CWG however I do not suppose it mirrored correctly in our outcomes,” the official added.

“The national federation is not pleased that four Indian women wrestlers could not take advantage of a weak field,” mentioned a PTI report on the matter.

Among ladies, solely Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik gained gold whereas Anshu Malik, who was additionally a gold medal favorite, returned with silver in 57kg class.

Pooja Gehlot (50kg), Divya Kakran (68kg) and Pooja Sihag (76kg) settled for bronze regardless of a skinny and weak area.

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