Join us as we dive into Yogeshwar Dutt's optimistic predictions for India's wrestling contingent at the Paris Olympics 2024. With India's six-member wrestling team set to compete, Dutt, a London Olympics bronze winner, shares his confidence that Indian wrestlers will continue their medal-winning trend. He highlights the potential for multiple medals if the grapplers receive favorable draws and reflects on India's consistent success in wrestling since the 2008 Beijing Games. Discover why wrestling remains India's top individual Olympic sport and what Dutt envisions for the nation's overall performance in Paris.
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00:00Yogeshwar, if we look at the contingent of the Indian team, there are 5 girls and 1 boy.
00:07How do you see this contingent? How much strength are you putting in?
00:11If you talk about girls, it is a very happy thing.
00:16For the first time, 5 women wrestlers have qualified.
00:19Among the boys, only one wrestler has qualified, Aman Sharawat.
00:24And I hope he will win a medal for the country.
00:27We also expect two girls to win medals.
00:30It will depend on their strength.
00:33We have won medals in all four Olympics.
00:37In 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020.
00:40So I believe that this time too, we will win medals for the country.
00:45If we talk about the big names, it seems a little less of experience.
00:52If we leave Ganesh, the rest of the athletes will play their Olympics for the first time.
00:58When there is a big event, even though there are big tournaments,
01:02World Championships, Antil, Kritika have played.
01:06So the pressure of the Olympics, does a big player in the team,
01:13who is able to explain in a better way, think about it like a new map?
01:19See, experience is a different thing. Experience is useful.
01:23But if you see that there are junior wrestlers here,
01:28you can give them less experience.
01:30But the Olympic pressure on many players is different for everyone.
01:37If you play a tournament or a championship, the pressure is different.
01:41But the Olympic pressure is different and it is a very heavy pressure.
01:45Once in four years, the Olympics came and everyone wanted to win the Olympic medal.
01:50Everyone dreams of winning the Olympic medal.
01:52I have played four Olympics, so there is a different kind of pressure on me in every Olympic.
01:56So I will tell all the wrestlers that the pressure is on everyone.
02:02There are foreign wrestlers who are players and there will be pressure on them too.
02:05So when you go to the bout during the competition, do not take pressure at all.
02:10Think about wrestling and do not worry.
02:14Think about how you want to wrestle with which wrestlers.
02:17So it is very important to think.
02:19Do not worry, we will not be able to give you 100 percent.
02:23When there are big tournaments,
02:26our players used to get a little scared with foreign names,
02:30with athletes, wrestlers.
02:34As you said, we have won four Olympic medals.
02:39You are a wrestler, you are Bajrang.
02:42So has that fear left the minds of our wrestlers?
02:46Look, the fear of Russians and Iranians is not there anymore.
02:49Because our wrestlers have defeated all the wrestlers of the country.
02:52Wrestling has happened with all of them.
02:54So that thing is no longer there.
02:56Now it is about which wrestler you want to wrestle with and how you want to win the medal.
03:01Now our wrestlers go to win medals.
03:04And that's why they win medals.
03:06Last question.
03:07For the Indian contingent of 170 athletes,
03:10what is your message to the former Olympian medal winner?
03:15All the players of our country,
03:18I wish them all the best.
03:21The whole country is with our players.
03:23We will pray to God that they win as many medals as possible.
03:28Last time we won 7 medals.
03:30We hope to win more than 10 medals.
03:32And before the players leave, the Prime Minister himself spoke to the players.
03:37And all the players are the pride of the country.
03:41And it is a big deal to play for the country in the Olympics.
03:44So I would like to say to all the players that without any pressure,
03:46I will pray for the whole country.
03:48I will bless them.
03:49I will bless the people of the country.
03:50Our players are with us.
03:52And give your 100 percent.
03:55Give 100 percent.
03:56And win medals for the country.
03:57Don't miss out.
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