The Asian games 2023 Wrestling trials took place yesterday and today (July 22-23), check out the results and see which wrestler feature on the Women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers, standby list and more
On the opening day, Sonam Malik, Mansi Ahlawat and other wrestlers qualified, while notable wrestlers like Sarita Mor and Anshu Mallik failed to qualify.
Asian Games 2023 India wrestling trials live results today and wrestlers squad list
Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat didn't appear for Asian Games trials, to be sent directly
Olympic silver medalist Ravi Dahiya went for Asian Games trial, lost and is now out of trials
New wrestlers are giving tough competition, is this why Bajrang & Vinesh didn't appear in trials? pic.twitter.com/WRvaMv2pVq
— Ankur Singh (@iAnkurSingh) July 23, 2023
Wrestler Antim Panghal moves court to challenge Vinesh Phogat’s direct selection to Asian Games.
She is 19 & she has won U20 World Championship.
Another wrestler Vishal Kaliraman is also opposing the free pass to Bajranh Poonia. pic.twitter.com/TUgBbKkBGk
— News Arena India (@NewsArenaIndia) July 19, 2023
In total, 11 wrestlers managed to qualify for the Asian Games 2023 while 12 other wrestler made the standby list.
Asian Games 2023 Wrestling Trials
The Asian Games 2023 Wrestling trials took place at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium located in New Delhi. It took place over a span of two days, from July 22-23. Ahead of the trials, the Asian Olympic body (OCA) granted the IOA with a week extension regarding the submission of participant’s entry list. The previous deadline was set at July 15.
IOA appoints WFI Ad-hoc Committee
The OCA granted the extension under special circumstances related to the current suspension of the Wrestling Federation of India due to sexual harassment allegations against many of its top officials. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) have currently appointed an Ad-hoc Committee in its stead. This committee is in charge of the day-to-day affairs of the WFI until an election takes place.
Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat receive direct entry
Elite wrestlers like Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat received direct entry during the wrestling trials. This is because the pair took out additional time to prepare for the recently held trials. As for the rest of the categories, the winners of the trials received the qualification berths for the Asian Games while the runners-up were listed under the standby list.
Ahead of the final decision to grant them direct entry, the ad-hoc committee had earlier suggested one-bout special trials. These suggested bouts would be in both of their respective weight categories, which are the women’s 53 kg and men’s 65 kg, later in August. However, the OCA granted an entry list deadline extension spanning only one week and not more as demanded. As such, the panel decided to grant special exemptions to both Bajrang and Vinesh from the trials. The panel granted it on the grounds of their performance during last year and the extra time they took in advance to prepare.
Asian Games 2023 Wrestling Trials Results
Given below are the results of the Asian Games 2023 Wrestling Trials featuring the full list of qualified and standby wrestlers:
Women’s Freestyle
| Weight category | Qualifier (trials’ winner) | Standby (runner-up) |
| 50kg | Pooja Gehlot | Nirmala Devi |
| 53kg | Vinesh Phogat (direct entry) | Antim Panghal (winner) |
| 57kg | Mansi Ahlawat | Sito |
| 62kg | Sonam Malik | Manisha Bhanwala |
| 68kg | Radhika | Priyanka |
| 76kg | Kiran Bishnoi | Divya Kakran |
Greco Roman
| Weight category | Qualifier (trials’ winner) | Standby (runner-up) |
| 60kg | Gyanender Dahiya | Vikram Kurad |
| 67kg | Neeraj | Ankit Guliya |
| 77kg | Vikas | Karan |
| 87kg | Sunil Kumar | Manoj Kumar |
| 97kg | Narender Cheema | Nitesh |
| 130kg | Naveen | Parvesh |
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