Wrestling’s famous Phogat sisters, made more popular by the sports biopic ‘Dangal’, are in for a huge shock.
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), tired of the sisters’ alleged “tantrums and indiscipline”, has dropped all four Phogat sisters — Geeta, Babita, Ritu and Sangeeta — from the national camp for the Asian Games.
They will not be allowed to take part in the Asiad trials scheduled for later this month, which would effectively end their hopes of representing the country in the Jakarta Palembang Games to be held in Indonesia in August-September later this year. The trials are open for only those wrestlers who are part of the camp.
WFI, which was earlier criticised for going soft on Geeta and Babita despite complaints of indiscipline, has acted tough on the latest act of indiscretion – skipping the national camp in Lucknow made mandatory by the federation to prepare for the Games. All four have been issued show cause notice on Wednesday with the WFI seeking explanation for their latest breach.
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