Live streaming, Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers 2024: Vinesh Phogat, Aman Sehrawat to lead India’s Paris quota quest - where to watch, full schedule

Seventeen Indian wrestlers will be on the hunt for quotas at the Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers for Paris 2024, which starts in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from Friday.

The continental qualifier, which concludes on April 21, will be the penultimate opportunity for Indian wrestlers to secure a quota for the upcoming Summer Games. The World Qualification Tournament in Turkey, scheduled in May, will be the final wrestling qualifier for Paris 2024.

There will be a total of 36 Paris 2024 quotas on offer in 18 weight divisions across Greco-Roman, men’s freestyle and women’s freestyle categories in Bishkek.

The tournament will follow a bracket system and two semi-finalists from each weight division obtain quotas for their respective country. There will be no gold medal bouts or repechage.

India will be fielding wrestlers in 17 of the 18 categories with the only exception being the women’s 53kg. Antim Panghal has already secured a Paris 2024 quota for India in the division by virtue of winning a bronze medal at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade last year.

The Indian challenge for quotas in Bishkek will be spearheaded by two-time Olympian Vinesh Phogat and former U-23 world and Asian champion Aman Sehrawat.

Two-time world championships bronze medal winner Vinesh Phogat usually competes in the women’s 53kg but has dropped down to the 50kg category since Antim has already secured a quota in the division.

The 50kg, however, isn’t new to Vinesh, who won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian and Commonwealth Games in the same category.

Meanwhile, Aman Sehrawat, a former Asian and U23 world champion, will represent India in the men’s 57kg. The 20-year-old earned his place in the Indian contingent for the continental qualifiers after beating Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Ravi Dahiya in the national trials. Sehrawat also won a gold at the Zagreb Open earlier this year.

Olympian Deepak Punia will be in action in the men’s 86kg division while Sujeet will front the Indian challenge in the 65kg after Tokyo bronze medallist Bajrang Punia failed to make the cut.

India will also have a strong contender in the women’s 57kg with Anshu Malik, a former Asian champion and world championships silver medal winner, set to compete. U-23 world champion Reetika Hooda will be another Indian wrestler to watch out for in the women’s 76kg.

Indian wrestlers at Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers 2024 - full list

Men’s Greco-Roman: Sumit (60kg), Ashu (67kg), Vikas (77kg), Sunil (87kg), Nitesh (97kg), Naveen (130kg)

Women’s freestyle: Vinesh Phogat (50kg), Anshu Malik (57kg), Mansi (62kg), Nisha (68kg), Reetika Hooda (76kg)

Men’s freestyle: Aman Sehrawat (57kg), Sujeet (65kg), Jaideep (74kg), Deepak Punia (86kg), Deepak (97kg), Sumit (125kg)

Where to watch Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers 2024 live in India

Watch the Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers 2024 live streaming on the United World Wrestling’s (UWW) official website. There will be no live broadcast of the Olympic wrestling qualifiers on any TV channel in India.

Asian Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers 2024 schedule

All times are Indian Standard Time (IST)

April 19, Friday

• Men’s freestyle 57kg, 65kg, 74kg, 86kg, 97kg and 125kg qualification rounds - 10:00 AM onwards
• Men’s freestyle 57kg, 65kg, 74kg, 86kg, 97kg and 125kg Paris 2024 qualification rounds - 5:30 PM onwards

April 20, Saturday

• Women’s freestyle 50kg, 53kg, 57kg, 62kg, 68kg and 76 kg qualification rounds - 10:00 AM onwards
• Women’s freestyle 50kg, 53kg, 57kg, 62kg, 68kg and 76 kg Paris 2024 qualification rounds - 5:30 PM onwards

April 21, Sunday

• Greco-Roman 60kg, 67kg, 77kg, 87kg, 97kg and 130 kg qualification rounds - 10:00 AM onwards
• Greco-Roman 60kg, 67kg, 77kg, 87kg, 97kg and 130 kg Paris 2024 qualification rounds - 5:30 PM onwards