Indian Wrestlers Leave for Georgia, Bulgaria for Olympic Preparation
While the men's team would be based in Tbilisi and female team in Sofia, all of them will go to Mongolia to participate in an Olympic qualifying tournament -- first World Qualification tournament from April 20 to 24.
Highlights
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Yogeshwar won the Olympic bronze at the 2012 London Games
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He will train in Georgia and take part in Olympic qualifier in Mongolia
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The second Olympic qualifier will be held in Istanbul
Eyes firmly set on Olympics, the Indian men's and women's wrestling teams have left for Georgia and Bulgaria for special training camps to prepare for the Rio Olympics as well as the upcoming qualifying tournaments. (Read more wrestling stories here)
Men's Freestyle and Greco-Roman teams, including qualified wrestlers -- Yogeshwar Dutt (65kg Freestyle), Narsingh Yadav (74kg Freestyle) and Hardeep Singh (98kg Greco-Roman) -- will be undergoing special training in Tbilisi, Georgia, till May 4.
Meanwhile, the Indian female wrestling team, which comprises Vinesh Phogat (48kg), Babita Kumari (53kg) and Geeta Phogat (58kg), will attend a training camp at Sofia, Bulgaria, till May 4.
While the men's team would be based in Tbilisi and female team in Sofia, all of them will go to Mongolia to participate in an Olympic qualifying tournament -- first World Qualification tournament from April 20 to 24 before coming back to the respective cities to continue their training.
Whoever fails to qualify for the Olympics in Mongolia, will then proceed to Istanbul for the last Olympic qualifier -- second World Qualification tournament, scheduled from May 6-8.
A 15-member Indian squad will be heading to Mongolia where it will fight to acquire Olympic berths in four freestyle, five Greco-Roman and six women's quota places.