The 27-year-old’s search for an Indian coach would mean his current personal coach Shako Bentinidis might get the axe. The Georgian has been Bajrang’s personal coach for more than three seasons.
Speaking to Sportskeeda, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh confirmed the development:
Post the 2019 World Wrestling Championships, Bajrang decided to part ways with Shako as even WFI wasn’t satisfied with his progress after a semifinal loss to Kazakhstan’s Daulet Niyazbekov. Later, he decided not to switch to a new coach as it could have hampered his Tokyo Olympic preparations.
The WFI president said that, apart from having an Indian wrestling expert as a personal coach, Bajrang could go for a foreign coach as well.
Bajrang’s weak leg defense has been an area of concern. The WFI also questioned Shako’s role as Bajrang only managed to win bronze instead of moving up to the gold medal bout as expected.
The WFI wasn’t satisfied with the overall performance of the seven-member Indian squad at the Olympics as the team that was expected to win three medals came back with only two.
After the post-Olympic celebrations, the WFI plans to examine what went wrong.
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