new delhi angered by the indian olympic associations ioa adhoc committees decision to exempt vinesh phogat and bajrang punia from trials for the upcoming asian games former junior world champion antim panghal and reigning u23 and u20 asian title holder sujeet kalkal on wednesday moved the delhi high court demanding a fair and transparent selection processhowever the adhoc committee later announced that no exemption will be given in any of the 10 weight categories in all three formats including that of vinesh and bajrang for the world championships in serbias belgrade from september 16 to 24 which will act as a qualifier for the paris olympics 2024 the dates of trials will be intimated later on the last date of sending entries for registration to united world wrestling is august 15 20230404vinesh phogat gets exemption from wrestling trials other wrestlers objectmoments after the two moved the court the fault lines between the ioas top leadership and its own adhoc committee became apparent when the former tweaked the criteria for trials announced to select the final wrestling contingent for the asiad scheduled to be held in chinas hangzhou from september 23 to october 8its been learnt that the adhoc committee took the decision to exempt vinesh womens freestyle 53kg and bajrang mens freestyle 65kg from trials in consultation with the sports ministry and sports authority of india sai without taking ioa chief pt usha into confidenceit resulted in usha co coming up with a press release only to put out another one minutes later with clarification as confusion reigned over the selection process the first release said to maximise the chances of sending the most competitive wrestling team to the asian games 2022 the final selection of wrestlers will be made prior to departure of the team for the competitionlater the ioa issued another release with clarification to maximise the chances of sending the most competitive wrestling team to the asian games 2022 the final assessment of the wrestling team will be made prior to departure of the team for the competition this has left the doors open for antim sujeet and others in vinesh and bajrangs weight categories to book their berth for the continental multisport eventhowever antim and sujeet had by that time knocked on the doors of the delhi high court to challenge the decision of the adhoc committeethe joint petition by the two demanded that the directive issued by the adhoc committee with regards to the vinesh and bajrangs weight categories be quashed and the exemption granted to them be set aside the matter has been listed for thursday morning the trials will be held on july 22 and 23 at the ig stadium herevinesh has received direct entry for the asian games despite not having trained in the last one year she doesnt have any achievements in the last one year last year at the junior world championships i won a gold medal and became the first woman wrestler from india to achieve this feat