New Delhi: Don’t want to spend a considerable time abroad under a foreign coach, the Tokyo Olympics bronze medal Bajrang Punia has decided to practice with an Indian coach in the country to prepare the game Paris 2024.
Not only Bajrang but Ravi Dahiya, The Tokyo The Silver Meverist games also deliver to the Indian Wrestling Federation (WFI) that he would prefer to practice under Indian coach instead of employing private coaches from abroad.
Bajrang has been training with Georgia Shako Bentinidis while Ravi has Kamal Malikov Russia to help him together with a series of Indian coaches at the Chhatrasal Stadium.
Bajrang has tried to hire a foreign coach since his association ended with bentinidis but his search did not produce fruit.
Even during his underway training camp in Russia, he was looking for a coach but no one would want to come to India, according to the 27-year-old player.
“These coaches want me to spend at least 80 percent of the season in their country, a condition that is not acceptable to me.
I am willing to spend half the time outside but no one wants to come to India, so I have decided to train with an Indian coach , “said Bajrang to PTI from Moscow.
Bajrang did not describe why foreign coaches did not want to come to India.
“I don’t understand what the problem is coming to India?” Asked who he wanted to train, the medalist twice said he had not finished the name.
The 27-year-old Bajrang was employed by Indian train and expected he would hire someone from the train.
Ravi Dahiya recently started training at the training center, where the old friend and Arun Kumar sparring partner helped him.
Mahabali Satpal, who has played an important role in forming his career, overseeing the training schedule in the morning session at the Chhatrasal Stadium.
“All Ravi Wants is another training partner.
We will identify one for him in the category during the ranking series in Gonda,” said Assistant Secretary WFI Vinod Tomar.
Deepak Punia has Russian coach Murad Gaidarov to help him until the Tokyo Olympics but he was fired after an ugly fight with one of the game officials after Indian wrestlers lost the bronze play-off.
It is expected that Deepak will also prefer to continue the old coach Virender Kumar, who has built a new training center in Marmurpur on the outskirts of Delhi.
With a country that was shaken under the third wave feared Covid-19, WFI also found it difficult to hire a foreign trainer for national camps.
Hossein Karim Iran (men’s freestyle) and cooking Andrew America (female coach) both were fired by WFI before the match for various reasons.
“No one wants to come to travel to India because Covid-19 to take work so we will start national camps in February with Indian trainers,” Tomar said.
Bajrang, Dahiya chose to practice with Indian coach to Paris Olympics
