Interestingly, wrestlers train at the academy of Wrestling Federation of India President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in Gonda, UP.
Wrestling Federation of India President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh courted controversy during the Under-15 Nationals in Ranchi when he slapped a wrestler, who failed to compete in the tournament after being disqualified for being overage. Insisted.
The incident happened on the last day of the tournament on Friday when a disqualified wrestler from Uttar Pradesh went on stage and started misbehaving with the president, who lost his cool after a while.
Interestingly, the wrestler trains at the academy which belongs to the WFI President in Gonda.
“The wrestler wanted a favor from the President that since he was from UP and also from his centre, he was allowed to compete, but the President wants to eliminate age-related corruption from the grassroots level, so he asked him not to compete. Gave.” WFI Assistant Secretary Vinod Tomar told PTI,
“The federation is now very strict and determined to ensure that only wrestlers in the right age group compete in the nationals in the age group. We actually disqualified wrestlers aged 60 to 70 plus from the competition And he was one of them.
“When he started misbehaving with the president, he lost his cool and slapped him,” he said. WFI has been organizing under-15 nationals since 2018 and age fraud has long been a major issue in the sport.
“If the President had allowed that boy, it would have given a wrong message that a wrestler from UP is favored. We will not allow age cheating. This guy was troubling me too, but I was somehow Was patient, but the President lost his cool after that. He started misbehaving with the guests on stage.”
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