Wrestling to be knocked out of CWG 2014??

Wrestlers Anita, Alka Tomar or Geeta may not get to defend their gold medals in the next edition of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014.

The organizers of the Glasgow CWG have been planning to remove wrestling from the list of disciplines, according to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president GS Mander. "It will be very unfortunate if that happens," said Mander.

"Wrestling is an Olympic discipline and the quality of the wrestlers in Commonwealth countries are on the rise, as you have seen in the bouts here. The Glasgow Games organizers, however, are trying to remove wrestling."

Mander said: "The Wrestling Federation of India and the Indian Commonwealth Federation are trying our best to not to let that happen. It will be disappointing if our wrestlers, who won gold here, don't get a chance to defend their titles next time around. And CWG is an important event for our wrestlers."


Read more: The Times of India