2 from Amritsar chosen for Egypt occasion
Amritsar, February 22
Two city-based sportspersons — a grappler and a coach — are a part of the 14-member Indian wrestling group that can participate within the four-day second Rating Collection Wrestling Championship in Alexandria, a metropolis in Egypt, beginning tomorrow (February 23). The Indian group contains 10 wrestlers, three coaches and a physiotherapist.
These two personalities are: Vikram Sharma, coach of the Indian wrestling group, and his pupil Karanjit Singh. Karanjit is a shiny participant within the 67-kg Greco-Roman class.
Earlier, 23-year-old Karanjit took half within the first Rating Collection Wrestling Championship held in Croatia. Yearly rating collection are held in 4 elements. He has been getting coaching beneath Vikram for the previous one decade. A resident of Chabal Street, Karanjit Singh has been securing second and third runners-up positions within the annual version of the occasion for the previous a number of years. He received the primary gold within the wrestling championship through the meet held in Visakhapatnam of Andhra Pradesh in December final 12 months.
A Punjab Police personnel, Vikram has been Greco-Roman model coach of the senior wrestling group since 2018 and earlier he had been coach with the junior nationwide group for 2 years. Throughout his teaching profession, his group member Sunil Kumar (87-kg) received the gold medal within the Senior Asian Championship in 2019 after a spot of 27 years. The Indian wrestling group received 4 bronze medals within the Rome rating collection held in Italy in 2021.