Headline : India’s male wrestlers fail to secure Olympic quotas, going flat in Bishkek

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In three out of the last four Olympics, India’s male wrestlers have returned with at least one medal. This time, they are struggling to even qualify.

Owing to a combination of factors – misfortune, luck of draw and sub-par quality talent and limited run-up tournaments – India’s men’s freestyle wrestlers have been unable to win quotas for the Paris Olympics, extending their abysmal run. It leaves them in a major spot of bother with just one more chance left to qualify at the World Qualifiers from May 9-12.

The first day of the Asian Olympic Qualifiers began for India with one of the country’s top medal potential, Deepak Punia, being stopped from competing in the 86 kg category as he reached the venue late, even though he reached Bishkek against all odds after being stuck in flooded Dubai since Tuesday.

The nightmarish day, from India’s point of view, ended with a prodigy, Aman Sehrawat, being handed a harsh reality check after he was pinned by Uzbekistan’s Gullomjon Abdullaev in a little over two minutes in the 57 kg category semifinal.

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