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Sushil Kumar to give wrestling, physical fitness coaching to fellow Tihar inmates
•Sushil Kumar, lodged in Tihar Jail in the Chhatrasal Stadium brawl case, will soon be giving coaching classes on wrestling and physical fitness to his fellow inmates, prison authorities said.
HC seeks Delhi police stand on transferring Sushil Kumar's case from Rohini
•The four petitioners, who are prosecution witnesses, claimed that the involvement of the gangsters from Rohini or nearby areas in the case made them feel more vulnerable and that most of the other wrestlers in the stadium were either sympathizers, disciples, colleagues, or in illegal support of the accused Sushil Kumar.
Year in review 2021: From Neeraj Chopra's rise in seven-star Olympic show to fall of Sushil Kumar, this year had it all
•Chopra's javelin flew high and did not come down until it had travelled enough to provide a golden touch to India's best-ever Olympic campaign in Tokyo in a momentous 2021 which also saw the fall of the great Sushil Kumar.
Sushil Kumar's fall from grace, Olympic success, Anshu Malik the new star: 2021 had it all for Indian wrestling
•The way the 38-year old Sushil, the only Indian wrestler to have won two Olympic medals and a world title, played hide and seek with the police before being arrested, sort of exposed the seedy underbelly of Indian wrestling
Wrestling World Championships: Anshu Malik scripts history as 1st Indian woman to make final
•Only five Indian women wrestlers have won medals at the Worlds and all of them — Alka Tomar (2006), Geeta Phogat (2012), Babita Phogat (2012), Pooja Dhanda (2018) and Vinesh Phogat (2019) — have clinched bronze.
Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar denied bail in Chhatrasal Stadium murder case
•Sushil Kumar had sought relief from the court asserting that police built a false case against him and presented a "guilty image" of him.
Second charge sheet 'soon' in murder case involving Olympian Sushil Kumar, Police tells court
•The first charge sheet which was filed by the police on 2 August named 13 accused, including Sushil Kumar who was named as the main accused.
Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar seeks bail in Chhatrasal Stadium murder case
•Sushil, who has been in jail since 2 June, sought relief from court by asserting that he has been falsely implicated in the murder case. He said accusations were made to humiliate him and injure his reputation.
Sushil Kumar to remain in jail as Delhi court extends judicial custody till 9 July
•Kumar was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Mayank Aggarwal at the end of the 14-day judicial custody. He is facing charges of murder, culpable homicide, and kidnapping.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala helps India's top athletes when they're at their most vulnerable
Amit Kamath •Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's elbow in 2019. Boxer Manish Kaushik's bicep in June 2020. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat's knee after Rio 2016. Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala has operated on many of India's Tokyo 2020 medal hopefuls besides many of India's sports legends.