Elite Wrestlers Development Programme launched

Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles Business, principal sponsors of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Wednesday launched a programme to prepare wrestlers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The 'Tata Motors Elite Wrestlers Development Programme was launched in the presence of WFI chief Brijbhushan Sharan Singh and Girish Wagh, President, Commercial Vehicles Business Unit, Tata Motors, and star grapplers and Olympic medallists Sushil Kumar, Sakshi Malik and others.

The programme is "to promote, encourage and develop wrestlers and prepare them for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics", it was announced at a media conference here.

The programme will fund the long-awaited hiring of two foreign coaches one each for men and women elite wrestlers
They will be assisted by a team of support staff
Commenting on the partnership, Singh said, "These facilities will help wrestlers focus fully on themselves and prepare for the toughest tests before winning medals for the country."