Ad-hoc panel for wrestling tells all state units to send entries for age-group nationals

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The wrestling ad-hoc committee has directed all state associations to send entries for the Under-20 and Under-15 National Championships in Gwalior later this month, failing which a three-member panel will short-list competitors from the erring states.

The age-group nationals will be held from February 11-17. A source in the Indian Olympic Association-appointed committee told PTI that they faced issues with 2-3 state units regarding the submission of entries for the Senior Nationals held by the caretaker body in Jaipur from February 2-5.

The newly-elected Wrestling Federation of India, headed by Sanjay Singh, has been suspended by the sports ministry for violating its own constitution and the ad-hoc body has been entrusted the task of conducting all the Nationals.

A parallel 'senior nationals' were conducted by the suspended WFI in Pune from January 29-31, which the ministry termed as "unsanctioned" and warned of legal action against Sanjay Singh.

-PTI

"If no entry is received from a particular State Wrestling Association well within the given time, a three-member committee will send the entries for the participation of their concerned state," the committee said in a statement on Tuesday.