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Indian girls won the team championship by securing 8 medals including 5 gold.
The Indian Under-17 Women’s Wrestling team returning after participating in the World Championship is stuck at Jordan’s Amman Airport. It is being said that the players have missed their flight. Because, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) had booked the tickets of the players and coach in two different airlines.
A source associated with the team stuck in Amman said, “The young women wrestlers have missed their flight. It is not clear what happened. A separate flight should not have been booked for the young wrestlers. The Sports Authority of India (SAI) should have booked a single flight for them. They are all young.”
This team has won the team championship by winning a total of 8 medals including 5 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. SAI has not yet issued an official statement in this matter.
SAI praised the players on X post a day earlier
9 young girls trapped due to negligence of SAI and WFI
According to the information received, 9 women wrestlers and 3 coaches were to return to India on Saturday evening, but their tickets were booked in different flights. Coaches Jai Bhagwan, Shilpi Sheoran and Rekha Rani were to board an Emirates flight with a stopover in Dubai, while the young wrestlers were booked in Qatar Airways.
The coach’s flight (EK904) was to depart from Amman at 6:10 pm and reach Dubai at 10:10 pm. From there, they were to board another flight at 3:55 am and reach Delhi at 9:05 am. On the other hand, the wrestlers’ flight (QR401) was to depart at 8:30 pm and reach Doha at 11:10 pm, but this flight departed at 6:18 pm. It is not clear whether the flight timing was changed or not.
Indian Under-17 Women’s Wrestling Team during departure.
WFI busy in bringing back the players
A source associated with the team said that at least one coach should have gone with the young wrestlers. Now efforts are being made to bring them by the first available flight. At the same time, an official of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) said that efforts are being made to bring the wrestlers back home by the first available flight.
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