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Vinesh, the face of protest against former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing charges of sexual harassment against female grapplers, has won the 50kg Olympic quota but will have to undergo trials before the final squad is announced.
'A medal is more important than a mark. The mark increases almost every year, but the medal stays,' said Klaus Bartonietz.
He said that the fresh trials will be conducted to pick the final squad for the showpiece.
The star Indian athlete was invited to the OMEGA boutique in Doha, ahead of his participation at the first leg of Diamond League.
The torch, which is 70 centimetres high and weighs 1.5 kilos, is water and windproof as it is designed so the flame can withstand a sustained wind of 20kph and gusts at 60kph.
India pulled out of the mixed 4x400m relay second round heat races as Ramesh was not available after suffering muscle cramps while running the men's 4x400m first round heat.
If Bajrang fails to come out clean with his reply, he will be out of the race for Paris Olympic Qualification.
Indian women's doubles duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand failed to make the cut.
The 'Belem' left the port of Piraeus in the morning for an 11-day voyage and will arrive in the southern city of Marseille, founded by the Greek settlers of Phocaea around 600 BC, on May 8.
Several thousand fans and tourists sat in the stands of the horse-shaped marble stadium on a sun-drenched afternoon as the head of the Paris Games, Tony Estanguet, received the torch from Greek Olympic Committee President Spyros Capralos.