Union Minister forChemicals & Fertilisers and Steel Shri Ram Vilas Paswan today conveyed his best wishes to Mr. Sushil Kumar, Mr. Yogeshwar Dutt and Mr. Rajiv Tomar, the Indian wrestler trio leaving for Beijing tomorrow to take part in the Olympic games. Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), under the Ministry of Steel, is supporting the three renowned wrestlers in their expenses related to their preparations for the Commonwealth Games 2010.
Earlier in the day, SAIL Chairman Mr. S.K. Roongta also wished the wrestlers bon voyage and the very best for their respective competitions. Mr. Dutt, Mr. Kumar and Mr. Tomar will respectively compete in the freestyle lightweight 60-kg, 66-kg and heavyweight 120-kg category. Mr. Roongta expressed confidence that they would bring laurels to the nation in the Olympics.
2005 Arjuna awardee Mr. Dutt as well as Mr. Kumar successfully competed in the Asian Wrestling Championship held in South Korea in March 2008. While the former bagged the gold medal in the 60-kg event, Mr. Kumar won the silver in the 66-kg category. Both have trained in Patiala under the guidance of Padmashree, Arjuna awardee and Asiad gold medallist (1982) Guru Mahabali Satpal Pehalwan and have also undergone training schedules in Minsk, Belarus and Havana. Former Commonwealth gold medallist Mr. Tomar defeated world-renowned wrestlers at the qualifying round of the Beijing Olympics held at Switzerland and bagged the silver in the 120-kg heavyweight category
