Wrestler puts his medals on auction
Even as the country celebrates wrestler Sushil Kumar's bronze medal at Beijing, grappler Shokinder Tomar on Sunday put up his Arjuna Award and Commonwealth Games medals for auction.
Medals in hand, Shokinder - who bagged a silver at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games and received the Arjuna in 2004 - led a procession in his hometown, Malakpur village in Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh, demanding that the medals be auctioned to buy wrestling mats and for land to build a stadium.
The procession had over 100 wrestlers, including woman wrestler Anshu Tomar and Shyam Singh, father of Rajiv Tomar, who competed at Beijing.
Shokinder told HT it was not a publicity stunt.
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Medals in hand, Shokinder - who bagged a silver at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games and received the Arjuna in 2004 - led a procession in his hometown, Malakpur village in Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh, demanding that the medals be auctioned to buy wrestling mats and for land to build a stadium.
The procession had over 100 wrestlers, including woman wrestler Anshu Tomar and Shyam Singh, father of Rajiv Tomar, who competed at Beijing.
Shokinder told HT it was not a publicity stunt.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
Labels: Arjuna Award, auction, Baghpat district, Beijing, bronze medal, Commonwealth Games, medals, Shokinder Tomar, stadium, Sushil Kumar, Uttar Pradesh, woman wrestler Anshu Tomar, wrestler
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