May 17, 2016 8:24 PM

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HC asks WFI, Sports Min to reply on Sushil Kumar's plea

Delhi High Court today directed Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to give a hearing to Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar. The wrestler has sought a selection trial to decide who will represent India in the men's 74 kg freestyle category at Rio Games. The court also sought the response of the Sports Ministry and WFI and asked them to file their affidavits. The court has now fixed the matter for further hearing on May 27.Sushil moved the Delhi High Court yesterday seeking a direction to WFI to conduct a selection after his name did not figure in India's Rio preparatory camp. According to the rules, a quota belongs to the country and not to a particular wrestler and, thus, it was expected that a trial would be held in the contentious 74kg category to chose between Sushil and Narsingh Yadav. Yadav has been staking his claim to represent India at the Olympics since last year when he secured a quota place at the World Championship in Las Vegas after winning a bronze in 74kg. Sushil, missed the event due to a shoulder injury.Following the High Court directive, the WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has decided to hold a meeting with Shushil Kumar tomorrow. He told this to PTI. Meanwhile, the decorated grappler's hopes of competing at the Olympics seems almost over as the WFI is keen on sending quota winner Narsingh Pancham Yadav to the upcoming Games. The WFI president said till now, a wrestler believes that if he or she brings a quota, he or she will go to the Olympics. But if someone else goes to the Olympics not the athlete who brings the quota then it would discourage the athlete to work hard.

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