Khelo India Youth Games 2025 Bihar has taken critical steps to familiarize young wrestlers with international rules, especially with the competitions in each weight category spreading over two days and requiring the grapplers to make weight on both days. (More Sports News)
Khelo India Youth Games: KIYG Prepares Young Grapplers For International Grind With Two-day Weigh-in
Preliminary round bouts have started across seven categories, boys Freestyle 65kg and 86kg, boys Greco-Roman 55kg, 67 kg, and 97kg and girls wrestling 57kg and 68kg
Competition Manager VN Prasood, who is also Wrestling Federation of India Secretary General and an international referee, said it was important for Khelo India competition to be played in consonance with the standard international rules.
“We want the wrestlers to go understand the rules and experiences they will face on the international stage. And weigh-in is a crucial aspect of Wrestling. Athletes will understand from an early age that they must make weight on both days if they do not want to risk being disqualified,” he said.
Naina said when such habits are imbibed from a young age, they stay with the athlete for life. “If athletes want to shine in global events, they must understand this process of two-day weigh-in. It may be difficult initially to make weight twice, but it will only help us if we get used to the idea,” she said.
Echoing her thoughts, Sunny Baisla (Uttar Pradesh), who won a bronze medal in the Khelo India Youth Games last year, welcomed the decision to spread the competition over two day. “It라이브 바카라 followed globally and implementing it here is in the best interest of the wrestlers,” she said.
The Khelo India Youth Games 2025 Bihar wrestling competition began on Monday at the Gyan Bhawan.
Preliminary round bouts have started across seven categories, boys Freestyle 65kg and 86kg, boys Greco-Roman 55kg, 67 kg, and 97kg and girls wrestling 57kg and 68kg.
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