Olympics silver medallist Ravi Kumar Dahiya will train in Russian wrestling hub Vladikavkaz ahead of the World championships scheduled to be held in Belgrade, Serbia, next month.
The 24-year-old will be accompanied by his coach Arun Kumar, sparring partner Sahil and physiotherapist Dr. Munish Kumar during the 29-day camp, entirely funded by the Union Sports Ministry under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), said a statement on Wednesday.
Ravi, also a Worlds bronze medallist, was sanctioned a special training camp in Bulgaria besides competitive exposure in Bulgaria, Turkey and Mongolia prior to the Commonwealth Games. He landed a gold medal in 57kg at the Games.
World U-20 Wrestling: Indians bag four bronzes
Four Indian wrestlers, Abhishek Dhaka (57kg), Sujeet Kumar (65kg), Mulayam Yadav (70kg) and Niraj (97kg), have bagged bronze medals in men’s freestyle competitions at the World under-20 wrestling championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Mahendra Gaikwad (125kg) has ensured another medal by reaching the title clash. Mohit Kumar (61kg) and Sagar Jaglan (74kg) will fight for bronze medals.
SHOOTING
National selection trials
Indian shooting will get into another spell of hyper activity with two sets of National selection trials scheduled at the Karni Singh Range in Tughlakabad, and the Madhya Pradesh Academy in Bhopal, for pistol and rifle events respectively.
The trials scheduled to last till the end of the month will help in the finalisation of the national team for the World Championship to be staged in Cairo, Egypt, from October 12 to 25.
With 32 Olympic quota places on offer for the Paris Games in the World Championship, four each in the eight Olympic events for men and women, Indian shooting will once again sharpen itself in pursuit of its Olympic goals.
Bhopal will have the first set of finals on Thursday in men’s rifle 3-position event. It will be followed by women’s air rifle and the women’s rifle 3-position events. Men’s air rifle trials will be at the end.
In pistol, the first final will be in rapid fire pistol on August 20, to be followed by air pistol finals in the afternoon. After men’s air pistol and rapid fire pistol, it will be women’s sports pistol followed by women’s air pistol.
The centrefire pistol, standard pistol and free pistol, which are non-Olympic events without finals, will also be held concurrently.
The selected shooters will have a preparatory camp for the World Championship to ensure a strong start for India’s campaign in the new Olympic cycle.
The shotgun team has already been selected for the World Championship in Osijek, Crotia, and will have its preparatory camp next month.
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