Wrestling News: No place to train for women wrestlers

The women’s national camp for wrestling, which was scheduled to begin from Tuesday, has been delayed after the players found no place to train. Top women wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat, Pooja Dhanda and other national championships medallist are in Lucknow since February 5. The wrestling hall at the Netaji Subhas Regional Centre, Sports Authority of India, Lucknow is under maintenance and the wrestlers were restricted to only running and gym on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday, the team trained in the taekwondo hall without the wrestling mats after failing to find a suitable place outside the centre as well. Wrestling Federation of India assistant secretary Vinod Tomar said that it was a case of mismanagement by the authorities at the SAI centre.