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Who is Bajrang Punia
The 2020 Games was Punia's first Olympics and he was one of India's brightest propects for medals in Tokyo.
He has performed well consistently for the past three years at major tournaments. He won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, and silver and bronze at the 2018 and 2019 editions of the World Championship. He was among the eight Indian wrestlers who represented India at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Bajrang Punia's early life
Bajrang Punia's career
Latest Updates on Bajrang Punia
Punia, along with fellow wrestler and Olympian Vinesh Phogat, have joined the Congress Party earlier this year
Wrestler Sakshi Malik claims not Congress but two BJP leaders helped wrestlers secure permission to protest against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in Haryana
Justice Sanjeev Narula issued notice to the agency on the plea which has been filed ahead of the Senior World Wrestling Championships to be held in Albania
The move came three weeks after an Anti-Disciplinary Doping (ADDP) panel had revoked the earlier suspension on the ground that NADA had not issued a notice of charge to the wrestler
I feel that in Olympics, wrestling is such sport, in which so many athletes take part and we get so many medals, this time more medals could have come if such atmosphere was not created, Rathore said
Both Punia and Phogat joined the Congress recently. Phogat has been given a party ticket to contest the Haryana assembly polls from the Julana constituency
The BJP has warned Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh against commenting on Vinesh Phogat and her Congress candidacy, after Singh made controversial remarks about her and Bajrang Punia
A police official said they received a complaint from Punia after which they launched an investigation
Railways sources said both the players "will be relieved possibly today or as early as possible."
This was all conspired to gain hold on the Wrestling Federation of India and to attack the BJP and its ideology, he said
Phogat and Punia met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence and later joined the party at the AICC headquarters on Friday
The 30-year-old Bajrang hasn't officially said that he is giving up sport but the direction that his life is taking, it's quite clear that wrestling won't exactly figure among his life's priorities
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has submitted her resignation from the Indian Railways and is set to join the Congress party on September 6
Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joined Congress on Friday. The development comes two days after Phogat and Punia met with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi met wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, hinting they might contest on Congress tickets as the party seeks to boost its chances against the BJP
Dronacharya Award-winning trainer says he is confident that India will produce more champions
Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik have accused the Delhi Police of withdrawing security cover of wrestlers set to testify against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh; Delhi Police has denied the allegation
In their plea for interim relief, the petitioners had sought a stay on the functioning of the WFI in its present form and prevent it from undertaking any activity
Paris Olympics: Feisty wrestler Phogat etched her name in history as she defeated the defending Japanese wrestler Yui Susaki and Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez to enter Paris Olympics finals
Bajrang was suspended by Nada for the second time on June 24 after the wrestler got relief from the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) of the agency