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Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia exempted from Asian Games 2023 wrestling trials
Published on 22 Jul 2023
- World Championship medallists Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat have been handed an exemption from competing in the selection trials for the Asian Games.
- The exemption means that the two wrestlers will get a direct entry to the Indian squad for the 2023 Asian Games, which is scheduled from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China.
- Trials will be conducted in all 18 Olympic weight categories - six each for women’s and men’s freestyle and men's Greco-Roman - which will be contested at the upcoming Asian Games.
- Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia is India’s premier wrestler in the men’s 65kg category while Vinesh Phogat, a Commonwealth Games champion and world championships medallist, is the dominant grappler in the women’s 53kg division.
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