Chaos and 5 am bouts at Open Ranking wrestling
Nandini Nagar (Gonda), May 12 -- A 5am start to wrestling bouts, with wrestlers waiting through midnight for their turn on the mat - the Senior Open Ranking Tournament descended into scheduling chaos, even as the Wrestling Federation of India tried in vain to manage the situation on the ground.
With nearly 600 wrestlers entering the Freestyle event for men, which opens a pathway to the national camp, around 668 bouts are scheduled over three days in freestyle, Greco-Roman, and women's wrestling competitions.
The sheer volume of entries left organisers struggling to keep the competition on track, stretching Sunday's first day of action to almost 18 hours and pushing the competition for another six hours on Monday.
The impact on wrestlers was...
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