Sushil Kumar’s gold medal-winning comeback to competitive wrestling at the national championships in Indore on Friday, hailed by the grappling fraternity, has highlighted a few things very wrong with the sport in India at the moment.
A visibly rusty Sushil — returning to competition after a gap of almost three years — recorded two victories against tame opponents in the preliminary rounds before receiving three straight walkovers from the quarterfinal stage en route to gold. In all likelihood, even the 34-year-old double Olympic medallist would not be proud of the way he won.