India's Medal Hopes at the Olympics

Sushil Kumar:

Sushil Kumar is an Indian World Champion Wrestler who won the gold medal in the 66kg freestyle competition at the FILA World Wrestling Championship and a bronze medal in the Men’s 66kg Freestyle Wrestling Event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Kumar defeated Leonid Spiridonov of Kazakhstan to win the bronze. He is the second Indian after Kashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav to win a medal in the wrestling event. On July 2009, he received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna-India’s highest honor for sportspersons. On October 3, 2010, Sushil Kumar was the final baton bearer who handed the Queen’s Baton to Prince Charles in the Queen’s Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony. He won a gold in wrestling at the same event. Kumar also won a gold at the 2004 Melbourne Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Sushil Kumar led the Indian contingent at the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games and was India’s flag bearer for the London Olympics opening ceremony on July 27. With such caliber, Sushil is India’s best bet to win a gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics.