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Wrestling: COVID-19 sees indefinite postponement of Asian Oly qualifie

Coronavirus threat forces next month-s Olympic Qualifiers in Kyrgyzstan to be stalled; WFI await world body-s word.

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Action during women�s freestyle event at the 2016 Wrestling Asian Championships in Thailand. Pic/Getty Images

Action during women�s freestyle event at the 2016 Wrestling Asian Championships in Thailand. Pic/Getty Images

The Asian Olympic Qualifiers for wrestling that was to be held from March 27 to 29 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan has been postponed indefinitely so as to fight the spread of coronoavirus. The qualifiers had originally been intended to be held in X-ian, China on the same dates before being shifted to Bishkek due to the outbreak of the deadly virus in the country.

When contacted, the Wrestling Federation of India WFI said that it is yet to get any official communication from Kyrgyzstan or the sport-s global governing body -- United World Wrestling UWW -- on the matter. "We have sent a letter to UWW and we are waiting for their reply. Until we get any official communication on the matter from the international body we won-t be able to take any action," WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar told IANS.

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