“Everyone wants to be a bodybuilder, wrestler or a boxer”. Compared to other parts of India, a culture of fitness is instilled from a young age in Haryana
– a traditional Indian gymnasium or a wrestling school – in Rathdhana, a prosperous village in the north Indian state of Haryana. For 90 minutes, they sprint through small lanes, roads, alleys and rice and wheat fields before they reach back to the starting point. This is just a warm up. TheThese images are not hard to find in Haryana.
Overall, more than 30 percent of India's individual medals in its entire Olympic history have been bagged by sportspersons from the state. Apart from hockey, for which the country has won a dozen medals , India has won 23 individual medals in its Olympic history, with Haryana accounting for seven of them.
Dahiya believes there are a lot of native sporting icons in the state for the youngsters to look up to, which is leading to continued inspiration and eventually, sporting excellence. "All of it is driven by passion and hunger. Sports runs in the blood of people of Haryana," says Rajesh Kumar, 44, who runs a sports academy in Haryana named in memory of his uncle Ch. Surat Singh, a member of India's Olympic contingent to Rome in 1960.
Haryana's regional government announced cash rewards of Rs 4 crore and Rs 2.5 crore to the Tokyo Olympics silver and bronze medalists respectively, besides providing government jobs and plots at concessional rates.Athletes training at a sports academy in a village in Sonipat, Haryana.
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