Our sports activities are a complete mess. For years we now have been seen fielding our high gamers within the Olympics Qualifiers with the intention to make it to the world’s most prestigious occasion however to no avail. The opposite day we noticed our high three wrestlers who miserably flopped within the World Wrestling Championship in Serbia which was additionally the primary qualifying spherical for the subsequent yr’s Paris Olympics.
The nation’s seasoned wrestler Mohammad Inam, Youth Olympics bronze medallist Inayatullah and Mohammad Bilal exited on the first hurdle in Belgrade.
Equally, we additionally make efforts within the different particular person sports activities disciplines however it proves to be simply an effort and nothing productive is seen.
Sure, in taking pictures we now have been spectacular and two of our shooters have already certified for the Paris Olympics. In javelin throw, we are going to see Arshad Nadeem flexing his muscle tissue once more in Paris. He’s now an actual world class athlete.
We additionally will see Melbourne-based equestrian Usman Khan who has already certified for Olympics by attaining MER on the FEI four-star occasion in Eire not too long ago.
In wrestling we now have the potential however we’re by no means constant in relation to the large occasions.
Mud wrestling is our energy and we have to develop in mat wrestling if we’re to return to the Olympic fold.
We final featured in wrestling within the 1960 Rome Olympics the place we earned bronze and since then we now have been making efforts to return to the fold.
Now the world has modified and we might want to make a strong technique to allow our wrestlers to qualify for the Olympics.
There’s a easy rule. Except we produce world and Olympic champions we might want to prepare our wrestlers on overseas soil. You can’t produce world champions by imparting coaching to your wrestlers solely in Pakistan. Just a few days coaching on overseas soil on and off won’t be the answer. We wasted such a treasured expertise due to our poor coverage of dealing with wrestling. By holding camps in Pakistan we predict that we now have achieved a significant job and we are going to give a significant breakthrough to qualify for the Olympics. It isn’t attainable. India too at one stage was like Pakistan. Nevertheless, it produced Olympic and world medallists in a number of particular person sports activities disciplines due to its shrewd coverage. It saved its main packs in several disciplines present process coaching overseas for months the place their athletes learnt lots by enjoying with the world’s high crop. India’s athletes saved shifting the world over receiving top-class coaching and now we see they’re in a way more snug place and have been profitable medals on the main levels.
Pakistan then again is just too weak as a sports activities nation.
Our sports activities governance is within the arms of such individuals who don’t have imaginative and prescient and so they simply waste time which is the largest unfavorable.
We count on medals from our athletes with out giving them the required amenities and coaching.
I cannot blame our wrestlers for the latest failure in Serbia the place additionally they attended a ten-day joint coaching camp organised by the United World Wrestling (UWW). It’s the system which I’ll blame. The largest problem is that we don’t have political and financial stability.
We don’t have cash which might assist us realise our goals of paving the best way for our high athletes to qualify and impress within the Olympics which is the dream of each athlete. Though we now have Olympians in some disciplines who’ve represented Pakistan on wild playing cards up to now it doesn’t have any worth.
Our sports activities our bodies should be taught that they should make an enormous effort if they’re to provide Olympians.
In wrestling we now have the expertise however we should prepare it overseas for years. And for that there will likely be an enormous want for monetary help from the state and company sector.
The trio who not too long ago flopped within the World Wrestling Championship in Serbia should be despatched overseas for coaching simply after the Asian Video games being held today in Hangzhou.
We’ve got two different qualifying possibilities subsequent yr in Bishkek and Istanbul the place our wrestlers can press for the Olympics seats.
Bishkek will host the Asian Qualifying Spherical in April and Istanbul will host the World Qualifying Spherical in Might.
Will probably be of excessive worth if the wrestlers are educated in two or three international locations the place they’ll be capable to improve their abilities. If the federal government offers even Rs20 million to the Pakistan Wrestling Federation (PWF) it is going to assist it present high quality coaching to those three main wrestlers who’ve strong expertise of enjoying within the worldwide circuit.
The largest problem which our wrestlers face on the main levels is of their rankings. As they don’t characteristic in worldwide occasions persistently they’re unable to enhance their rankings. When attracts of main occasions are held resulting from their low rankings our wrestlers are bracketed with the world’s high wrestlers of their teams and so they’re eradicated principally on the first hurdle. Our wrestling authorities know this actuality and this problem can solely be overcome if you happen to give fixed publicity to your wrestlers.
The PWF chairman and former senator Syed Aqil Shah additionally has confused that their wrestlers want publicity.
“How are you going to develop the wrestlers with out publicity? The state ought to again them. They’ve the potential to make a lower for the Paris Olympics. As PWF chairman I may even make my greatest effort to handle some sponsorship for these wrestlers in order that we might ship them overseas for coaching,” Shah advised me throughout a short chat.
Inam and Bilal are additionally getting IOC scholarships which have been managed for them by the Pakistan Olympic Affiliation (POA).
I’m hopeful if our wrestlers go to Iran or Russia for coaching after the Asian Video games for round 4 to 5 months they’ll get high sparring companions there and the train will give them an enormous benefit within the Qualifiers.
Hope PWF and the federal government be a part of arms and assist these wrestlers of their powerful mission.