Olympic medal-winning wrestler Sakshi Malik does not endorse the Indian Olympic Association’s call for a boycott of the 2022 Commonwealth Games but at the same time feels that dropping shooting from the event’s roster is “wrong on the athletes.”.The Indian Olympic Association last week proposed boycott of the 2022 Birmingham CWG for dropping shooting from the roster, and sought the government’s approval.\u00a0“Let’s not say that we will boycott but I just hope that shooting is included and all of us going to Birmingham,” Sakshi told DIN on the sidelines of the launch of Asics sportswear here.At the same time, Sakshi backed the IOA’s aggressive push to get shooting on the Games’ roster.\u00a0“Whatever decision IOA is planning to take is right because whichever sport is taken out, it is wrong on those athletes. And our shooters bring a lot of medals and I see it as an entire Indian contingent and even if one discipline is affected, it is unfair,” Sakshi said.\u00a0On to other issues and Sakshi slammed the Haryana government’s decision to “cut prize money” of the state’s athletes who win medals in international events.\u00a0“It is wrong to cut the prize money. We are working hard for the last 15-20 years and regularly winning medals at international events, and it would be very demoralising if our prize money is cut,” she said.\u00a0Sakshi made it to the World Championship, to be held in Kazakhstan from September 14-22, after she emerged victorious in the 62kg category at the recent trials. She is now looking to book an Olympic berth with a podium finish in Astana.”I am aiming to book an Olympic berth with a medal at the World Championship. Top six wrestlers in each weight category qualify for the Olympics, but I am also eyeing a medal,” the Rio Olympics bronze-medallist said.\u00a0The 26-year-old said she was certainly aiming to change the colour of her medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games but her first goal was to qualify for the Olympics.\u00a0“If you manage to qualify at the World Championship, it gives you almost a year’s time to prepare for the Olympics and plans things well in advance. Although for the last Olympics, I qualified in the final qualifying event and still won a medal.
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