Bajrang Punia finally gets visa clearance for UK for upcoming CWG Games

After a month of delay, Bajrang Punia finally received his UK visa for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said on Saturday.

This will now allow Punia to leave for the US for a brief training stint. Since he will go for the CWG directly from his training base in the United States, it would have been difficult for Bajrang to complete the UK visa formalities later. Now that he has got his UK visa, Bajrang can train in the US



without any anxiety.

The 28-year-old Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist was supposed to travel to the Michigan University in the US last month for training ahead of the Birmingham CWG but was forced to stay back in India due to a delay in getting his UK visa.

"The Sports Ministry, through the Ministry of External Affairs, got in touch with the British High Commission to seek the UK Visa for Bajrang, which has now been obtained," a SAI media release said.