Spurred by Sushil Kumar's world title, Indian wrestlers would look to make amends of the embarrassment they have brought to the nation by the dope flunk of six grapplers and win a rich haul of medals when the sport makes its return in the Commonwealth Games here next month.
Sushil's bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics brought wrestling in the limelight and then Ramesh Kumar added another bronze in last year's World Wrestling Championships in Denmark to maintain the rising profile of the sport.
However, just when it seemed everything was going right for the century-old sport in the country, came the doping controversies just ahead of the Commonwealth Games with four member of the Indian squad - Arjuna awardee Rajeev Tomar (120kg), Sumit (74kg), Mausam Khatri (96kg) and woman wrestler Gursharanpreet Kaur (72kg) returning positive for a banned substance in dope tests conducted by NADA.
Two other wrestlers Rahul Mann (60kg) and Joginder Singh (120kg) who were not part of the Commonwealth Games squad were also tested positive for banned stimulant methylhexanamine.
Sushil's bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics brought wrestling in the limelight and then Ramesh Kumar added another bronze in last year's World Wrestling Championships in Denmark to maintain the rising profile of the sport.
However, just when it seemed everything was going right for the century-old sport in the country, came the doping controversies just ahead of the Commonwealth Games with four member of the Indian squad - Arjuna awardee Rajeev Tomar (120kg), Sumit (74kg), Mausam Khatri (96kg) and woman wrestler Gursharanpreet Kaur (72kg) returning positive for a banned substance in dope tests conducted by NADA.
Two other wrestlers Rahul Mann (60kg) and Joginder Singh (120kg) who were not part of the Commonwealth Games squad were also tested positive for banned stimulant methylhexanamine.
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