The two-day 65th Senior National Wrestling Championship commencedat LPU campus today. Nearly 400 wrestlers from across India are in action underten weight categories.
Competitions for the five weight categories of 55, 60, 67, 82, and130 Kgs were held on the first day, and those of 63, 72, 77, 87, 97 kgs will beheld on the concluding day, 21st February 2021. Championship, under Greco RomanStyle, is primarily supported by Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), PunjabWrestling Association (PWA) and Jagjit Wrestling Academy (JWA).
One of the most prestigious wrestling tournaments of the country,it is witnessing fierce fights of many nationally and internationally renownedwrestlers for coveted national titles in different categories. Many of theparticipants include Olympians, Commonwealth Games’ Champions, AsianMedallists, national/ state winners including Ravinder Khatri, Hardeep Singh,Gurpreet Singh, Harpreet Singh, Arjun, Gyanender. The bouts of Punjab, Haryana,UP, Services, Railways were worth witnessing.
The first day witnessed two phases, where in the morning hoursChampionship was inaugurated by Lovely Group Chairman Mr Ramesh Mittal amidVedic Mantra Chanting and Coconut offering as per Indian rituals. Mr Mittal wasaccompanied by the President of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) &Six-time MP of UP Brij Bhushan Sharan, Padma Shri and Arjuna awardee wrestlerKartar Singh, Jagjit Singh Saroya of JWA and other stalwarts of wrestlingdomain.
Glittering second phase of the day was flagged off by Chairman MrRamesh Mittal, LPU Chancellor Mr Ashok Mittal and MP Chaudhary Santokh Singh.Chancellor Mr Mittal congratulated the winners of the day and invoked them tocontinue bringing international glory to the country through their respectivecategories. MP Santokh Singh applauded the energetic performances of thewrestlers. On this occasion, colourful march past by participating teams andmelodious performances by LPU students provided soothing relief to thewrestlers.
Some of the fierce fights in 82 Weight category was betweenHarpreet of Punjab and Rohit of Haryana; In 60 Kgs between Saurabh of UP andAvinash of Jharkhand, Akash of Punjab & Lav Kumar of West Bengal; for 55Kgsbetween Sharavan of Chandigarh & Deepak of West Bengal, Rohit of HimachalPradesh & Ajmalia of Kerala, M Chandra Mauli of Andhra Pradesh & Arjunof SSGB; and many other
The competition is holding a strict implementation of the COVID-19protocols, with participants furnishing COVID-19 negative reports; referees,scorers, supporters wearing facemasks; mats frequently sanitised; and so on.