Gursharan Preet Kaur was India's top wrestler in heavyweight. But in 2013, she got married to a drug addict who forced her to stop wrestling. She was beaten by her in-laws daily when her daughter was born
Divorced, she returned and won Rs 10 lakh today
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This is Neeraj Chopra, Olympic Gold Medalist.
After winning the
#WorldAthleticsChamps
in Budapest yesterday, A hungarian fan came to him with an Indian flag and asked him to sign it for her.
Subedar Neeraj Chopra humbly denied and said “ Sorry Mam, it is a violation of my flag
Fujinami, now unbeaten in 136 matches & in Olympic final at 53kg, was in Mongolia for Asians in 2022. I went & said hello to her coach who is also her father.
Before replying to the hello, he shot a question "Vinesh strong. Is she here?"
The star she is.
“If this is the respect, then I am ready to return my medal to the govt. the awards they have given, I’ll return them” - Bajrang Punia, 4-time world medal and Olympic bronze. Khel Ratna, Arjuna, Padam Shri 🇮🇳
First time in wrestling history, India 🇮🇳 wins the women's team 🥇 at a World Championships.
Final standings at
#WrestleAmman
U20 Worlds
India 🇮🇳🥇
Japan 🇯🇵🥈
USA 🇺🇸 🥉
India's first individual Olympic medal - KD Jadhav, 1952, Wrestling
India's second individual Olympic medal - Leander Paes, 1996, Tennis
India's total individual medals at Olympics - 21
Wrestling contribution - 7
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India 🇮🇳 wins women's wrestling team trophy 🏆 for the first time ever in U17 World Championships.
India - 185 points
Japan - 146 points
Kazakhstan - 79 points
32 years. Suraj ends the wait for 🇮🇳 for a Greco-Roman world champion at U17 level.
Overall first world champ in 30 years in GR.
Pappu Yadav was U17 champ in 1990
Pappy Yadav was U20 champ in 1992
A coach lost his akhada in Muzaffarnagar riots. So he took loan, rebuilt it & 6 years later, he has some top wrestlers. One of them is Gourav Baliyan,18, who lost his father in 2007 & survived extreme poverty. On Friday, he won U23 🥇 & is ✈️ to Budapest
महिला पहलवान के ब्रज भूषण सिंह के घर जाने वाली बात पर ग़लत खबरें चल रहीं है । कृपया अफ़वाहों पर ध्यान ना दें । दिल्ली पुलिस की तरफ़ से महिला पहलवान को भारतीय कुश्ती महासंघ कार्यालय तफ़तीश के विषय में ले जाया गया था ।
Many dreams realised (and shattered) on these 9-meter mats. A few more tomorrow before the wrestlers rise again.
The emotions of the wrestlers are unbelievable 🤼♀️
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@yui0630susaki
🇯🇵 made wrestling history by becoming the first wrestler to win wrestling’s ‘Grand Slam.’ She now has won gold at the Olympic Games and world titles at the U17, U20, U23 and Senior World C’ships.
U17: 🥇🥇🥇
U20: 🥇🥇
U23: 🥇
Senior: 🥇🥇🥇
Olympic Games:🥇
Bajrang Punia wins the gold medal at Ali Aliev 2019 with a 13-8 win over Viktor Rassadin of Russia in the 65 kg final. Top class performance from the world number one wrestler in his category
So not everyone has a clue about hockey here and I celebrated with the AP journalist who covered India till the semis.
He understands why it's a big deal. 🇮🇳
Susaki stats
Bouts: 72-0 (only 10 full bouts)
Total time on mat: ~190/406 minutes
1st full bout - Ivan Yarigiun 2017
1st point conceded - 21st bout after debut (Anna LUKASIAK)
Points +/-: 663/27.
Current run: 158-0
More in this for
@wrestling
:
Women coaches in men's wrestling are very rare in 🇮🇳. Ningappa of Karnataka who won selection trials for Asian U17 championships though is coached by fmr Commonwealth🥈 Kamini Yadav who was a pioneer of 🇮🇳 women's wrestling. After the final he went to get her blessings.
These guys behave like sports fans once in 4 years and they think I will tell them the reality about why Vinesh didn’t medal at her 3rd tournament in 7 years.
I know everyone has followed Ravi Dahiya since that bronze medal at the World Championships 2019
But here's what he was in 2017. As anyone and I would say, Ravi will stand on the podium.
And yes I screamed here
#Tokyo2020
So the new WFI agrees that the old WFI’s policy of conducting trials of Olympic quota winners was wrong.
Wasn’t that the allegation that the wrestlers are protesting because they don’t want to give trials?
Now Dutt is saying “not holding trials, as always, is best way”
#WATCH
| Olympic medallist Yogeshwar Dutt says, "Trial Committee meeting was held in the presence of WFI President Sanjay Singh and other members. It was decided that those who have the quota will go for the Paris Olympics..."
India has 5 wrestlers in medal bouts now. Antim, Reena, Savita, Antim and Harshita. Any three win, India will win the team title at U20 World Championships.
If it happens, India will win a worlds WW team title for the first time in wrestling's history.
Problems hiring foreign coach for national team
“We don’t need foreign coaches.”“Takes ages to hire one”
“They ask too much money”
A private centre gets a foreign coach in 2 weeks from Belarus. The centre is in the university owned by WFI president in Nadini Nagar
Zen mode for
@sarhilde
!
She is now a 7 time Pan-Am 🥇. Has a lethal leg lace, is determined and a continuously improving wrestler. The graph is exceptional. So here’s the story for
@wrestling
First Indian woman wrestler to qualify for Olympics VINESH PHOGAT!
She beats Sarah Hilderbrandt of USA 8-2 to book her ticket to Tokyo and a bronze medal bout at the World Championships!
#WrestleNursultan
Radhica Sreeman, part of the Oversight Committee, clearly saying one wrestlers talked the topic of sexual harassment.
“जाँच में सिर्फ़ एक पहलवान ने यौन शोषण का मामला उठाया” — “only one wrestler raised the matter of sexual harassment”
Isn’t that enough?
UWW firmly condemns detention of wrestlers and disappointment over the lack of results of the investigations. 45-day deadline to hold elections respected. Failing to do so, UWW may suspend WFI, thereby forcing wrestlers to compete under a neutral flag.
Ravi Dahiya is from the same village as Amit Dahiya who was sensational till 2013. Young Asian champion then that London win over Rahimi. Then 2013 World Silver.
Crazy that they both came to Chhatarsaal at the same time.
Do the wait, but never stop dreaming!
Breaking: United World Wrestling will host the Senior World Championship in Serbia from December 12 to 20. Junior Worlds cancelled.
70 percent NFs said yes to the event. November 5 deadline for entries. UWW can also cancel if the situation worsens