No one can stop Narsingh Yadav from going to Rio Games: Jagmal Singh

Ever since Narsingh Yadav earned an Olympic quota in the 74kg category winning bronze at the recent World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas speculation has been rife about who will get to eventually represent India at the Rio Games next year mdash Narsingh or double Olympic medallist Sushil KumarAlso ReadWorlds Wrestling After Vegas bronze Narsingh Yadav eyes RioNarsingh Yadav standing in turban and India assistant coach Jagmal Singh standing right arrive at the Sports Authority of Indias Kandivli campus yesterday PicsSuresh KKReports suggest the Wrestling Federation of India WFI could either hold trials or take recent form into account to choose between the two decorated wrestlers since only one grappler from a country can participate per categoryHowever the Indian national teams assistant coach Jagmal Singh has said that there is no question of trials There will be no trials for the Olympic berth Narsingh will definitely go to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016 No can stop him Till today no one from India has ever qualified for the Olympics by winning a medal at the World Championships said Jagmal who is also Narsinghs coach at the Sports Authority of Indias SAI Kandivli campusAlso ReadNarsingh Yadav picks up bronze at wrestling Worlds secures Olympic spotNarsingh bullishMeanwhile Narsingh who was given a rousing reception at SAIs Kandivli center yesterday by a 100odd trainees at the institute was also bullish about his chances of travelling to Rio Until now in India whoever gets a quota place in 74 kg goes to the Olympics For London 2012 I earned the berth and I was sent Sushil earned a spot in the 66kg category and he was sent too said Narsingh who revealed that Sushil had called to congratulate him right after his medal in Las VegasNarsingh Yadav shows off his bronze medal at a function at SAIs Kandivli campus yesterdayWhile Narsingh has earned the quota spot Indias only berth in wrestling so far Sushils credentials cannot be dismissed The 32yearold has won two golds in the 66kg event mdash bronze at Beijing Olympics and silver at London Ever since he moved up to the 74kg weightclass Sushil has seldom participated in events citing injury However he did win the gold medal at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games last yearAccording to the rules the wrestler who earns the quota place is not entitled to go to the Olympics The final decision rests with the countrys wrestling federationWhile repeated calls to WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh went unanswered chief national coach Kuldeep Malik said that Narsingh was not yet assured of a spot There is still one year left for the Rio Olympics No ones spot is confirmed The federation will finally decide Malik saidHowever Jagmal and Narsingh have already started dreaming about RioI made a few mistakes in Las Vegas which I will work on eliminating from my game in time for Rio I can win a medal at Rio said the 26yearold who is unlikely to participate in other events that serve as Olympic qualifiers and would instead focus on his preparations for the Games by participating in invitational tournamentsJagmal is keen to iron out Narsinghs weaknesses in the months to comeJagmal SinghI noticed at the World Championships that Narsingh was too defensive in the dying moments of the bout He kept running back towards the red zone passivity zone We have a year to go for Rio we will work on these aspects The federation may send Narsingh to Russia or the USA for training before the Games added Jagmal claiming that Sushils move up to the 74kg category has motivated Narsingh even moreWhen theres a strong competitor in your event the training gets harder by default Narsingh started training harder after Sushil moved up because he was wary of facing him in the trials for the World Championships He has done a lot of hard work in the last few months because the competition in his weightclass had become stronger Jagmal said