Sports

An Emotional Sakshi Malik Tears Up As She Announces Her Retirement After Brij Bhushan Associate Wins WFI Polls - In Pics

Olympic medal winner Sakshi Malik on Thursday announced her retirement from wrestling in the wake of the election of BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's alleged loyalist Sanjay Singh winning the WFI polls and emerging as the new Wrestling Federation of India's president. "We gathered a lot of courage for this fight against the WFI President (Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh). But today, his right hand (referring to Sanjay Singh) has been elected as the new WFI President. We had demanded a woman be made the president, but that has not been fulfilled," said Malik.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Sakshi Malik Announce Retirement
info_icon

Olympic medal winner Sakshi Malik on Thursday announced her retirement from wrestling in the wake of the election of BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's alleged loyalist Sanjay Singh winning the WFI polls and emerging as the new Wrestling Federation of India's president. "We gathered a lot of courage for this fight against the WFI President (Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh). But today, his right hand (referring to Sanjay Singh) has been elected as the new WFI President. We had demanded a woman be made the president, but that has not been fulfilled," said Malik.