Sonam Malik will compete in the Asian Olympic qualifying event.© Twitter
Five Indian wrestlers, including Sonam Malik from Haryana, will host the Asian Olympic qualifying event and the 2021 Senior Asian Wrestling Championship in Kazakhstan from 9 to 18 April. Apart from Sonam, the other four wrestlers making this cut are Seema (50 kg)), Anshu Malik (57 kg), Nisha (68 kg) and Pooja (76 kg). He was selected in a test run that was held in five Olympic weight categories in Lucknow on Monday. 18-year-old Sonam recorded her fourth straight win in the trials with an 8-7 win over Rio Olympics bronze medalist Sakshi Malik.
Vinod Tomar, Assistant Secretary, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) said, “The selection trials for the remaining 4 weight categories for the Asian Championship will be held on 27 March 2021”.
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Earlier, national champions Sandeep Singh Mann (74 kg), Satyavrat Kadian (97 kg) and Sumit Malik (125 kg) won the trials at the IG Stadium on March 16 in the Indian wrestling team for the upcoming Asian Olympic qualifier. Made a place.
In Greco Roman style, Gyanendra (60 kg), Ashu (67 kg), Gurpreet Singh (77 kg), Sunil Kumar (87 kg), Ravi (97 kg) and Naveen (130 kg) won the trials in their respective categories. Was so that they could also be selected. incident.
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