Wrestler Antim Panghal to knock court's door after Vinesh Gets direct entry to Asian Games

She went on to say that she will participate in the selection trials. As per the rules and regulations of the WFI, any athlete, irrespective of their past laurels has to go through the selection trials, which the likes of Punia and Phogat had opposed. The only exception to this is when the selection committee takes a decision to field the candidate directly on the recommendation of the national or foreign coach.

In this case, neither of the requirements were met, and national coaches for men's freestyle Jagmander Singh and women's freestyle coach Virender Dahiya, were not consulted. Dahiya said," We don’t know in what shape Bajrang and Vinesh are. They have not competed in the last eight months. You get to know about speed, strength, weight, only during the competitions. And they have not competed after CWG and World Championship last year, so we do not know how good they are at this moment."

“And in both 53kg and 65kg categories, there are solid youngsters who can compete well. Their strength is good. The ad-hoc panel has overruled us in making this decision," he alleged.