Wresting News: Wrestling Olympic qualifier shifted to Kazakhstan

Indian wrestlers hoping to qualify for the Tokyo Games via the Asian qualifier don't have to travel to China as the event has been shifted to Almaty, Kazakhstan. The United World Wrestling (UWW) on Tuesday released an updated calendar for the year 2021. As per the updated calendar, it qualifier will now be held from April 9-11 in Almaty instead of March 26-28 in Xian, China. Earlier, the Asian Championships was scheduled to run from February 16-21 at the same venue. The Olympic qualifying event via the last route — World qualifier — will remain in Sofia, Bulgaria, but has been moved one week later to May 6-9. A total of four Indian wrestlers (1 woman, 3 freestyle male grapplers) have qualified for the Games so far, winning medals at the 2019 World Championships. As many as 14 more (5 women, 3 freestyle and 6 Greco-Roman) can still qualify via the two remaining qualifying pathways.