Asian Wrestling Championship 2021: Team, Fixtures, when and where to watch

Asian Wrestling Championship 2021: Team, Fixtures, when and where to watch

Asian Wrestling Championship 2021

The Asian Wrestling Championship 2021 will kick off on Tuesday and will feature an Indian contingent of 30 grapplers. The chamionship will take place at the Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is the perfect chance for the Indian team to get some much needed practice ahead of the Tokyo Games.

Kazakhstan also played host for the recently concluded Asian Olympic qualifiers. For India, youngsters Sonam Malik and Anshu Malik were among the quota winners. They joined Vinesh Phogat (women, 53kg), and freestyle wrestlers Ravi Kumar Dahiya (57kg), Bajrang Punia (65kg) and Deepak Punia (86kg), who had already made the cut for Tokyo 2020.

Bajrang And Vinesh will be in the spotlight as they gear up to face their rivals and gauge their preparations ahead of the Games. Rio Olympics medallist Sakshi Malik will be in action in the 65kg weight division. It will be her first international tournament of the year. Meanwhile, Sonam Malik, who will represent India at the Olympics in the 62kg, pulled out due to the knee injury.

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Indian wrestling team

Bajrang Punia
Bajrang Punia

Freestyle: Ravi Kumar Dahiya (57kg), Ravinder (61kg), Bajrang Punia (65kg), Karan (70kg), Sandeep Singh Mann (74kg), Narsingh Yadav (79kg), Deepak Punia (86kg), Sanjeet (92kg), Satyawart Kadian (97kg), Sumit Malik (125kg)

Greco-Roman: Sandeep (55kg), Gyaneder (60kg), Neeraj (63kg), Ashu (67kg), Kuldeep Malik (72kg), Gurpreet Singh (77kg), Harpreet (82kg), Sunil Kumar (87kg), Ravi (97kg), Naveen (130kg)

Women’s wrestling: Seema (50kg), Vinesh Phogat (53kg), Pinki (55kg), Anshu Malik (57kg), Sarita Mor (59kg), Sonam Malik (62kg), Sakshi Malik (65kg), Nisha Dahiya (68kg), Divya Kakran (72kg), Pooja Sihag (76kg)

Asian Wrestling Championships 2021 schedule

Sakshi Malik
Sakshi Malik

Tuesday, April 13

Greco-Roman Qualification and repechage rounds (55, 63, 77, 87, 130 kg) : 11:00 AM IST – 2:00 PM IST

Greco-Roman Finals (GR – 55, 63, 77, 87, 130 kg) : 5:30 PM IST – 8:30 PM IST

Wednesday, April 14

Greco-Roman Qualification and repechage rounds (60, 67, 72, 82, 97 kg) : 11:00 AM IST – 2:00 PM IST

Greco-Roman Finals (60, 67, 72, 82, 97 kg) : 5:30 PM IST – 8:30 PM IST

Thursday, April 15

Women’s Wrestling Qualification and repechage rounds (50, 55, 59, 68, 76 kg) : 11:00 AM IST – 2:00 PM IST

Women’s Wrestling Finals (50, 55, 59, 68, 76 kg) : 5:30 PM IST – 8:30 PM IST

Friday, April 16

Women’s Wrestling Qualification and repechage rounds (53, 57, 62, 65, 72 kg) : 11:00 AM IST – 2:00 PM IST

Women’s Wrestling Finals (53, 57, 62, 65, 72 kg) : 5:30 PM IST – 8:30 PM IST

Saturday, April 17

Freestyle Wrestling Qualification and repechage rounds (57 ,65, 70, 79, 97 kg) : 11:00 AM IST – 2:00 PM IST

Freestyle Wrestling Finals (57 ,65, 70, 79, 97 kg) : 5:30 PM IST – 8:30 PM IST

Sunday, April 18

Freestyle Wrestling Qualification and repechage rounds (61, 74, 86, 92, 125 kg) : 11:00 AM IST – 2:00 PM IST

Freestyle Wrestling Finals (61, 74, 86, 92, 125 kg) : 5:30 PM IST – 8:30 PM IST

Where to watch?

Live streaming of the Asian wrestling championships in India will be available on wrestlingtv.in. There will be no telecast of the event on any TV channel in India.

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