Aman Sehrawat issued show-cause notice by WFI for being overweight at World Wrestling Championships
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Monday served a show-cause notice to Paris Olympics bronze medallist Aman Sehrawat for being overweight at the World Wrestling Championships in Zagreb recently.
Prioritising strict adherence to weight limits, the WFI also decided to do away with the two-kg relaxation usually given to wrestlers during selection trials.
The stipulation will start with the under-23 trials scheduled in Lucknow and Delhi on October 4 and 5, respectively, for the World under-23 championships in Novi Sad, Serbia, from October 20 to 26.
“Aman and the support staff assisting him in Zagreb have been issued show-cause notices. They need to reply by September 29. We have to hear their side of the story before making a decision,” WFI president Sanjay Singh told Sportstar.
Third-seeded Aman, a strong medal contender, was ineligible to compete in the World Championships as he was overweight by 1.7kg ahead of his men’s 57kg freestyle competition.
Singh was unhappy that crores of rupees being spent by the Government on organising camps abroad were being wasted due to negligence. “The Minister (Mansukh Mandaviya) feels that unless we check this, it will be difficult to expect medals in the Olympics,” said Singh.
After Vinesh Phogat’s overweight issue at the Paris Olympics, which made the ace wrestler ineligible to compete in the women’s 50kg final and denied India a medal, promising Neha Sangwan (59kg) could not participate in the World under-20 championships last month for not meeting the weight limit.
Aman’s case was the third such incident by an Indian wrestler at an international event in about a year.
Published on Sep 22, 2025