"Form is temporary but class is permanent", is how India’s wrestling legend Yogeshwar Dutt emphasized while speaking about double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar’s chances in 74kg as he returned to World Wrestling Championships after a gap of eight years.

Yogeshwar Dutt supports Sushil Kumar

2010 world champion, who is eyeing a fourth Olympic berth, has found strong backing from his former colleague Yogeshwar Dutt, who believes Sushil’s vast experience will be his forte. “Sushil Pehelwan Ji is one of most experienced wrestlers right w. He has won 2 Olympic medals and one World Championship gold medal, that itself speaks a lot about him. His experience will help him a lot in this World Championship,” said Dutt.

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Dutt, who won 60kg bronze in 2012 London Olympics where Sushil won 66kg silver, counts Sushil among his medal favourites as he singled out names who could create history for India this time. “I have a lot of expectations from our wrestlers especially Bajrang, Sushil, Sakshi, and Vinesh. Over past few years, our performance has been really good. We’ve won medals in different tournaments through year and I have high hopes,” he said.

“This World Championship is a great chance for us to win maximum Olympic quotas,” he added. “ entire team has worked really hard and if y finish in top 6 and get Olympic quotas, y'll get ample time to prepare for Tokyo Olympics and work on ir shortcomings with a free mind, Yogeshwar added. 

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A New Platform Dedicated To Indian Wrestlers

With an aim to exclusively show wrestling and India's performance at top international events, WrestlingTV has been conceived & launched by an Indian sports marketing company. It will become a one-stop destination for wrestling live news & exclusive updates starting with upcoming World Wrestling Championships for Indian subcontinent. WrestlingTV will bring to fans all information & live action from sport. Sushil, Sakshi and Bajrang will be seen in action in World Wrestling Championships 2019 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan starting tomorrow. This initiative will cater to growing popularity in sport of wrestling, making it first Olympic sport in India to have an official, exclusive and dedicated digital platform. platform will t just have live-streams and match highlights, but fans will also get access to all latest news, reviews, expert reviews and behind--scenes stories. 

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