Sport - Wrestling   

Sushil to miss Asian championship

NEW DELHI: World champion Sushil Kumar will not be part of the Indian contingent for the Asian wrestling championship to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from May 19 to 22.

According to his personal trainer Yashvir Singh, Sushil, also the current Asian champion in 66kg freestyle category, did not participate in the selection trials as he was not fully fit.

Sushil had won the gold medal in his last international outing, the Commonwealth Games, in October.

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Thursday announced a 21-member squad for the Asian championship.

The squad: Men: Freestyle: Rahul Aware (55kg), Rajneesh (60kg), Parveen Rana (66kg), Deepak (74kg), Naresh Kumar (84kg), Mausam Khatri (96kg), Naveen Mor (120kg). Greco Roman: Rajender Kumar (55kg), Anil (60kg), Sandeep Yadav (66kg), Rajesh Kumar (74kg), Mahipal Singh (84kg), Amit Kumar (96kg), Rishi Pal (120kg).

Women: Priyanka Singh (48kg), Babita Kumari (51kg), Geeta (55kg), Alka Tomar (59kg), Sakshi Malik (63kg), Navjot Kaur (67kg), Gursharanpreet Kaur (72kg) . — Sports Reporter

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section



Sourabh storms into quarterfinals
Daredevils' sorry story continues


Cricket

‘Mohinder would have been a good choice'
Dempsey scores brace
Incredible Ishant destroys Tuskers
ONGC in final
‘Fletcher will be successful'
Disciplined Daredevils restricts KKR
Still a long way to go, says Ishant
The new coach has to be given time
No need to change the batting order: Kohli
MCA and police sort out issues
It will be a cracker of a contest between MI and Royals
RCB shaping up well in time for Pune Warriors clash
‘Tough to bat on these tracks'


Tennis

Keeping the mind young is the key, says Paes
Vijay Sundar stuns Karan Rastogi
Sweet revenge for Devvarman
Kunal Anand in final
India thrashes Sri Lanka
Devvarman posts win


Football

Sabir Pasha to assist Toal
SNV, Kolkata enters final
Mesmerising Messi steals the thunder
Lajong wins its second match
Arrows downs SBI


Basketball

Thrilling win for Appaiah BC


Billiards & Snooker

Ding makes history, in semifinals
India may host WPBSA ranking event
Advani, Chawla advance


Chess

Saranya keeps lead
Meera holds Vaisalie


Racing : Motor

Moto-Rev revving up for ARRC


Sports : General

Convincing wins for Kottayam, Ernakulam
Nasaf thrashes Dempo
Sruta Kirti and Pranjala duo triumphs
Suresh stars in TUCC's victory
Chhattisgarh, UP win titles
Bengal men in final
Abhinav puts CSSF ‘A' in final


Boxing

Five Indians in finals


Wrestling

Sushil to miss Asian championship


Polo

Narrow win for 61 Cavalry

Copyright © 2011, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu