The agreement was formally signed in the presence of Inspire Institute of Sport founder Parth Jindal and WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Under the terms of the agreement, the IIS will work alongside the national sports federation to provide scholarships to wrestlers across different age groups. It will also lend its support in hosting regular national wrestling championships for all categories.
The IIS wrestling program has groomed over 90 wrestlers since 2017. The institute has seen the wrestlers train under the likes of head coaches Yandro Quintana of Cuba and Iran’s Amir Tavakolian. The wrestlers have come out in flying colors as they have managed to clinch over 120 medals at national, continental and international level wrestling tournaments.
We will be able to positively impact the sport: Founder of the Inspire Institute of Sport
Top Indian wrestlers including, Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Seema Bisla, among several other grapplers, have trained and were nurtured at the IIS institute.
Founder of the Inspire Institute of Sport, Parth Jindal, is ecstatic about joining hands with the WFI and aiming to touch greater heights in the future. Speaking on the occasion, Parth Jindal told the media:
Meanwhile, the president of the Boxing Federation of India Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh hailed the IIS Institute’s efforts in strengthening the wrestling infrastructure in India. The WFI president said:
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