ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Wrestler Muhammad Inam has urged Pakistan SportsBoard (PSB) to hold training camps, as soon as possible, to prepare theathletes for the 13th South Asian Games scheduled to be held in Kathmanduand Pokhara in December.
“The training camps for the South Asian Games would be held after theconclusion of National Games scheduled to be held in Peshawar from November9 to 14, thus leaving very less time for the athletes to prepare for theextravaganza,” he told APP.
Inam, who recently won a gold medal in the World Beach Games at Qatar,feared if athletes did not get enough time to prepare for the South AsianGames then the outcome would not be good.
“Training camps were the need of the hour and PSB should understand thatathletes need extensive training to achieve good results in internationaltournaments,” he said.
He said Pakistan Wrestling Federation (PWF) would be holding trials for theSouth Asian Games on October 28 and 29 at Lahore.
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“The training camp for wrestlers should be held in Lahore in preparationfor the South Asian Games,” he said.
Speaking about the remaining 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifiers to be held inFebruary, March and April, Inam, said he could finish at the top in thequalifiers to earn a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but was not gettingany kind of support.
“Asian Wrestling Championship was scheduled to be held in India inFebruary, then the two World Olympic Qualifiers would be held in March andApril in China and Bulgaria, respectively,” he said and asked PSB to sendhim to Russia for training for the Olympic qualifiers.
