He has been one of my favorite sportsperson. He is the one among the most consistent athletes for India at the international level for the past decade. He is THE UNDER RATED SUPERSTAR of India- SUSHIL KUMAR.
In a country obsessed with cricket, hardly athletes and players from other sports get the recognition, fame and respect which they deserve. It is so biased on part of we Indians, we treat cricketers as GOD!! And no matter how many laurels a sportsperson brings to the nation, how many medals and trophies he wins for the country, he will never get that love from the people that cricketers get.
One such example is Sushil Kumar. A humble person and a champion wrestler. A gold medal in the 66 kg freestyle competition at the FILA 2010 world wrestling championship, a gold medal at the Commonwealth games 2014 in men's 74 kg freestyle competition and a gold medal at the Asian championships in 2010.
He also won the bronze medal in the 66 kg freestyle competition at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and went on to win the silver medal at the London Olympics in 2012. This made him the first Indian to win back to back individual Olympic medals.
He did not participate in the Incheon Asian games, but he will return with yet another good performance and he is still the nation's biggest hope for a gold medal at the Rio Olympics to be held in 2016.
In a country obsessed with cricket, hardly athletes and players from other sports get the recognition, fame and respect which they deserve. It is so biased on part of we Indians, we treat cricketers as GOD!! And no matter how many laurels a sportsperson brings to the nation, how many medals and trophies he wins for the country, he will never get that love from the people that cricketers get.
One such example is Sushil Kumar. A humble person and a champion wrestler. A gold medal in the 66 kg freestyle competition at the FILA 2010 world wrestling championship, a gold medal at the Commonwealth games 2014 in men's 74 kg freestyle competition and a gold medal at the Asian championships in 2010.
He also won the bronze medal in the 66 kg freestyle competition at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and went on to win the silver medal at the London Olympics in 2012. This made him the first Indian to win back to back individual Olympic medals.
He did not participate in the Incheon Asian games, but he will return with yet another good performance and he is still the nation's biggest hope for a gold medal at the Rio Olympics to be held in 2016.
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