Sakshi to compete in non-Olympics category

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Updated At : 01:02 PM Jan 14, 2020 IST

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New Delhi, January 13

Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik and Rahul Aware will spearhead a 12-member Indian contingent in the non-Olympics weight categories of the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships to be held here from February 17 to 23.

The selection trials of the non-Olympics weight categories were held at the SAI Training Centres of Lucknow and Sonepat. Aware, a World Championships bronze medallist in 2019, will fight it out in the 61kg category. Other male freestyle wrestlers selected for the Asian Championships are Naveen (70kg), Gaurav Baliyan (79kg) and Somveer (92kg).

Sakshi will compete in the 65kg category, along with Pinki (55kg), Sarita (59kg) and Gursharanpreet Kaur (72kg). In the Greco-Roman category, Arjun (55kg), Sachin Rana (63kg), Aditya Kundu (72kg) and Harpreet Singh (82kg) will represent India. — PTI

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