The federation said any retrial would spoil the morale of the wrestler who proved himself in the selection trials held at Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Wrestling Federation of India assistant secretary Vinod Tomar told Sportskeeda:
Tomar added that there is no time to organize the retrials as they have to send the final list of wrestlers for the Worlds slated in Oslo, Norway by September 2. As of now, Rohit is the rightful winner of the trials in Bajrang Punia’s weight class
Bajrang Punia has been recuperating from a knee injury that he suffered before the Olympics. The Haryana wrestler is currently doing rehabilitation for it. He said his knee is better than before but it will take some time to recover completely.
The wrestler was present at the IG stadium to support his wife Sangeeta Phogat, who was making a comeback after three years.
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Only one Tokyo Olympic wrestler will be going to Oslo this time. Anshu Malik, who suffered an elbow injury, qualified in the 57 kg weight class.
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to organize re-trials in four weights
The Wrestling Federation of India, though, will conduct re-trials in weight classes which had only one wrestler at the trials. They are 63 kg and 82 kg in Greco-Roman, 92 kg in freestyle and 76 kg in women’s wrestling.
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