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Olympic medal-winner Sushil Kumar eyes elusive gold

India's star wrestler and Olympic silver-medalist Sushil Kumar, keen to excel at Jakarta Asiad after having missed previous two editions due to injury

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India wrestlers, led by Sushil Kumar (left), at a promotional event in the city yesterday. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

India wrestlers, led by Sushil Kumar (left), at a promotional event in the city yesterday. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

India's double Olympics medal-winning wrestler Sushil Kumar last participated in the Asian Games 12 years ago, at Doha 2006, where he had to be content with a bronze medal. Thereafter, he won the Olympics bronze at Beijing 2008 and followed it up with a silver at the 2012 London Olympics. He's now keen on getting his hands on the elusive Asian Games gold medal, at the August 18-September 2 event in Jakarta, Indonesia.

"For me, the Asian Games gold and the Olympic gold are still to be won. And you cannot imagine the amount of hard work that I'm putting in to achieve these goals," Sushil said on the sidelines of a promotional event with Tata Motors and the Wrestling Federation of India at a city hotel yesterday. Sushil has been attending a training-cum-competition camp in Georgia and is set to return there today, for a further 10-day training schedule.

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