Ousmane Dembele The 20-year-old Frenchman reportedly skipped training to put further pressure on his the German club to accommodate the move. Jacomelli used his local contacts and ultimately, the team made a 350km journey to Lorraine, a tiny town bordering Germany where they trained at the Stiring-Wendel wrestling club. eria in the SC order but now he was being offered an administrative role which will ensure his influence, which has lasted for nearly four decades, will continue to stay put in the region. In a meeting with the sports ministry after the Games, the federation said Mestvirishvili had ‘outlived his usefulness’ and had to be replaced. We have a code of conduct in place and those who will not follow it, will struggle, says Madan Lal. They have been in touch with Japanese and Iranian federations but even after a year, the WFI is yet to identify his successor. A player aims for a shot during the match in the Inter-School Table Tennis Championship organised by Chandigarh Table Tennis Association. It summed up India’s woeful preparation, resulting in none of the 24 wrestlers crossing the quarterfinal stage of the world championships, which concluded in Paris last week. France wasn’t India’s first option as India headed into the home stretch of their preparations. While Gambhir was not available for a comment, Bhaskar remained largely non-committal on this issue.