New Delhi Oct 10 (IANS) The Greco Roman style will be included in the third edition of the Pro Wrestling League (PWL) in January 2018 it was announced on Tuesday.
In the past two editions only freestyle wrestling was part of the league.
"Greco Roman style of Wrestling was introduced in first Summer Olympics of 1896 and India has a rich past at the international level with first significant performance (gold medal) at 1962 Jakarta Asian Games " Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brijbhushan Sharan Singh said.
"Therefore the inclusion of Olympic style Greco Roman format is a historic move that will offer International exposure to the wrestlers in addition to existing Freestyle Wrestling in the league. This will also take the level of Greco Roman category a notch above."
The previous two successful editions of PWL witnessed a total of 30 Olympians including 11 Rio Olympic medallists 16 medallists of World Championships and seven Continental Games champions in action.
--IANS
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