Cricket icon and India’s goodwill ambassador for the Olympics, Sachin Tendulkar, on Monday met the Rio-bound wrestling contingent here and shared tips how to overcome challenges at the multi-sport eve
Cricket icon and India’s goodwill ambassador for the Olympics, Sachin Tendulkar, on Monday met the Rio-bound wrestling contingent here and shared tips how to overcome challenges at the multi-sport event in August.
Posting pictures of his meeting with the athletes, Tendulkar wrote on his Twitter handle: “Met some of our champion athletes preparing for #RioOlymp-ics2016. Wonderful knowing their experiences and dreams!”
Sans Yogeshwar Dutt (men’s 65kg) and Sandeep Tomar (57kg), all the Olympic-quota winner wrestlers — Narsingh Yadav (men’s 74kg), Vinesh Phogat (women’s 48kg), Babita Kumari (women’s 53kg), Sakshi Malik (women’s 58kg), Ravinder Khatri (Greco-Roman 85kg) and Hardeep (Greco-Roman 98kg) — spent time with the legendary batsman.
Olympic-bound paddler Manika Batra was also present at the occasion besides wrestling coaches.
Women’s team coach Kuldeep Singh said that the meeting proved to be a psychological boost for the wrestlers. “It was a special occasion... It was a big psychological boost for our players,” the coach said.
