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nrao
June 23rd, 2005, 04:44 AM
Just read this today in the news. I could be wrong but seems like as always, Indian wrestling team again has lots of Jats and Jatnis:

Wrestling squad
HISAR: A 20-member Indian squad, including six women, will take part in the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship, to be held at Cape Town in South Africa from June 30 to July 2. The grapplers will also participate in the South African Centanary Cup, to be held at the same venue from July 6 to 8.

Team:
Men: freestyle — Kirpa Shanker Patel (55 kg), Yogeshwar Dutt (60 kg), Sushil Kumar (66 kg), Ramesh Kumar (74 kg), Anuj Kumar (84 kg), Anil Mann (96 kg), Palwinder Singh Cheema (120 kg);
Greco Roman style — Mukesh Khatri (55 kg), Ravinder Singh (60 kg), Gurbinder Singh (66 kg), Sanjay Kumar (74 kg), Kuldeep Singh (84 kg), Satish Kumar (96 kg), Yogesh Dodke (120kg);

Women: Nirmal (50 kg), Neha Rathi (55 kg), Alka Tomar (59 kg), Geetika Jakhar (63 kg), Anita (67 kg), Jyoti (72 kg). — PTI

rsdalal
June 23rd, 2005, 06:09 AM
Not many, surprise to see, number should be more than this. We should do some more effort at political front as most of the selection process is based in MS etc, I am not sure why, even though MS does not produce as many wrestlers as Haryana does...

nrao
June 23rd, 2005, 07:36 AM
I could not really make out. Earlier all 'Kumars' were Jats so I thought this time too they are. At least women's team is filled to brim with takdi Jatnis.

What is MS?