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Meera Chandrasekaran

Wrestling & Combat Sports

Meera covers Indian wrestling and combat sports, tracing how the akhada system and grassroots coaching lineages keep producing results despite federation-level instability.

Illustrated portraits of two Indian wrestlers wearing gold medals, with a traditional akhada training scene in the background

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The Akhada's Unbroken Lineage

Gold medals for Sagar Jaglan and Kajal Dhochak at the Ulaanbaatar Open are a monument not to federation support but to the decentralized akhada system that keeps producing Indian wrestling champions despite it.

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