gold at Asian Games. Activity . Collect information about the wrestlers of India and their achievement at international wrestling. game was governed by International Amateur Wrestling Federation, meant basically for the amateur wrestlers.
Wrestling game in India is governed by a controlling body named Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), which was registered on 27th January, under the Society Act of the Government of India. The Wrestling Federation of India is the national governing body for the regulation of wrestling in India. Types of wrestling Free style Free style is a type of wrestling in which holds on whole body parts are allowed. Free style wrestling was one out of total nine events that were included in the first Olympic Games .
Fig. . : Free style wrestling Greco-Roman The Greco-Roman type of wrestling forbids holds below the waist; this is the major difference between Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling. Greco-Roman is an international sport that was contested at the first modern Olympic Games in at Athens as an exhibition sport.
Greco-Roman style of wrestling has been included in every edition of the summer Olympics held since . Two wrestlers are scored for their performance in two minutes bout for three periods. A wrestler can also win by pinning down (or fall) the opponent without completing the full time bout or periods. Women’s wrestling was added to the summer Olympics, in , at St.
Louis (Missouri), USA. Do You Know? Sakshi Malik won a bronze medal at Summer Olympic Games in the year . Fig.
. : Greco-Roman wrestling Fundamentals of Wrestling Weight Categories There are different weight categories in wrestling for various age groups, at school level as well as at senior level. Wrestlers in the junior age category are allowed to participate in the competitions at senior level. However, in order to take part at senior level competition, wrestlers aged in the concerned year must provide a medical certificate and parental authorisation.
Wrestlers aged in the year in question may not participate in senior competitions. Weight categories are classified for the purpose of giving equal