So shoddy was WFI’s planning that two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar compared it to preparation for a state tournament. “It would be something very special to win here _ also given the anniversary _ but it would be a bad sign if we were only to try hard here and not anywhere else. “Our wrestlers, though good, aren’t technically sound. Indian wrestlers trained with teenaged wrestlers from Stiring-Wendel club, located in a border town 350km away from Paris. We have to train for it with that intensity and seriousness,” the 2010 World Championship gold medallist told The Indian Express. SMART BUYSAway from the high-profile and expensive purchases is a set of players who were sold for rather cheap despite their talent. Top seed Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, the pre-tournament favourites, are in the top half of the draw. I can’t say about something which may or may not happen. ere her team wore blue t-shirts with ‘COURAGE’, ‘BELIEVE’ and a Czech phrase meaning ‘come on’ written brightly across the front. But we need to give our wrestlers more experience and better coaching.