Wrestling Battles Episode 3: Rahul Aware vs Ravinder: When the old meets the new
There has always been a cold war between the old and the new generation. Be it over the taste of music, preference of food, or style of working, it is a never-ending battle. Wrestling too has its battle of the generations. And one such battle is that of Rahul Aware and Ravinder. While the former is the flag-bearer of the senior generation, the latter is the poster boy for the next-gen. Rahul Aware: The Marathi Warrior When Khasaba Dadasaheb Jadhav won independent India’s first individual Olympic medal at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, folklore has it that he was welcomed back to his village in Maharashtra’s district with a procession of 151 bullock carts. Little did Jadhav knew that 67 years late there would be another son of the soil who would win a worlds medal. Yes, the name is Rahul Balasaheb Aware. Bajrang Punia donates one month salary to help farmer whose crop got destroyed in fire His bronze in the 61kg freestyle at the World Championships in Kazakhstan made h...