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Wrestling:The Game of India

Wrestling is the most successful sport in last ten years.This blog is an overview as to what the sport is doing right and what are scopes of improvement.



Wrestling is one of the most ancient sports in India and the most popular sport even today in the villages of India.India has been performing pretty well in the world arena in last few years.It has a medal tally of 11 in world championships which includes 1 gold,2 silver and 8 bronze medals.Also India has been doing well in Olympics where they have 5 medals(4 bronze and 1 silver).The story of wrestling has been heroic.It somewhere got lost in the 1990's,only after Sushil's Kumar's triumph at the 2008 Beijing Olympics the sport revived its status in India.After that there was no looking back and India started to perform really well in wrestling.The Delhi Commonwealth Games saw the potential of Indian wrestlers where in the Indian wrestlers clinched 19 medals(10 gold,5 silver,4 bronze).Now the question arises what is Indian wrestling doing right?
In India the wrestling at the very grassroot level is very strong.The Akharas do a fantastic job in finding wrestlers and training them.In fact Wrestling is done in almost each and every village in Haryana.This culture has helped in getting right wrestlers and giving them the right coaching and motivation to wrestle.
But I really think we are not doing that well as compared to the great culture we have as we are still lagging behind many countries.The downfall starts when the wrestlers shift to professional wrestling i.e. from soil to mat type.The Wrestling Federation of India has failed  to provide proper infrastructure to these talented wrestlers.There is a lack proper wrestling arenas in our country.Also the players do not get the proper diet that is required for wrestling.The Federation has failed badly in these two aspects,causing a failure in utilising the potential of wrestlers.The mismanagement of the Federation was clearly visible in the Rio Olympics when this beautiful sport was dragged to court and as a result I think we lost a precious Olympic medal in the 74 kg category.The Federation really needs to look after their wrestlers so that we could improve on our performance in wrestling in big events.
Finally,I feel last two years has been great for wrestling as it has made the game of wrestling extremely popular in India(thanks to bollywood).The Pro Wrestling League has succeeded in bringing Indian wrestlers to limelight.I think Indian wrestling has an amazing future and the sports authority should invest more on this sport.I believe Indian wrestling has full potential in doubling its number of medals or even replicating its glory of 2010 Commonwealth Games.
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