Top Indian female wrestler quits in protest over new president of wrestling body

FILE PHOTO: Commonwealth Games - Wrestling - Women's Freestyle 62kg - Medal Ceremony - Coventry Arena, Coventry, Britain - August 5, 2022 Gold Medallist India's Sakshi Malik celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A top Indian female wrestler announced on Thursday she was quitting in protest after the country's wrestling federation elected a new president backed by his predecessor, who has been accused of sexually harassing women athletes.

Sakshi Malik, who won the women's 58 kg freestyle bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics, had led protests earlier this year against Brij Bhushan Singh, the former chief of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), in a case that drew international headlines and cast a spotlight on the safety of women athletes in India.