AD HOC Wrestling Committee Dissolved By Indian Olympic Association: Report

The AD HOC committee of wrestling has been dissolved by the IOA. Read below.

Brij Bhushan during a press conference in December 2023, when the WFI was suspended

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The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has dissolved the AD HOC committee for wrestling in India, as the decision comes in aftermath of the upliftment of the ban imposed on Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). As per the directions of United World Wrestling (UWW), the highly controversial WFI now gets the full administrative control for the esteemed sport of wrestling in India. As reported by ANI, the IOA announced the decision on Monday, March 18, and this decision will now lead to smoother running of operations for wrestling in the nation.

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) dissolves the ad hoc committee for Wrestling pic.twitter.com/CPVLOdYsIL

— ANI (@ANI) March 18, 2024

 The WFI has been a subject to controversy for past 12 months and famous wrestlers of India have been heavily active and involved in open protests against former president Brij Bhushan Singh and the committee. The reason for the protests were that the wrestlers and athletes accused the federation of unfair means and practices, and biased operations.

Seeing the delay in necessary actions to be taken, the UWW imposed ban of WFI, which was a huge set back for the sport of wrestling in  India. However, the ban has been uplifted and in the light of the event, the IOA also dissolved the recently-formed AD HOC committee.

The WFI has though been asked to repay the loan taken from AD HOC committee. The WFI will resume the operations for the sport of wrestling and the upcoming tournaments keeping in mind the Paris Olympics 2024. Much can be expected from WFI to turn things around, with a new President in charge and with the protesting wrestlers returning to the fold, the sport of wrestling can be expected to blossom as it has always done for the nation in the past decades.

Wrestling has produced majority of the medals for India at the Commomwealth Games, Asian Games, and even a few in Olympics and fans will be eaer to see a non-controversial future for the sport in India.