Geeta Phogat was the sole women's wrestler who represented India in the 2012 London Olympics. She had a tough draw in the event and ended up losing to Tonya Verbeek of Canada and Tetyana Lazareva of Ukraine. In my opinion, her inexperience ended up holding her back in the Olympics and hopefully she will come back stronger for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The world wrestling federation (FILA) is considering changing the rules of wrestling so that the over all points from the start of a particular tournament would be considered in the final results. Phogat said "I think the new rules will make the sport more exciting for the fans."
"I am praying for wrestling to come back in the Olympics. It's every athlete's dream to be a part of it (the event), many wrestlers would be deprived of this opportunity." Says Phogat.
After participating in the Olympics, Geeta was disappointed that she didn't win a medal. She kept working hard and a couple of months later ended up winning the bronze medal in the 2012 Wrestling World Championship in Canada. Previously she also won gold medals in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2010 Commonwealth Championships, and 2012 FILA Asian Olympics Qualification Tournament.
The fact that she won the bronze in the world championships after the Olympics shows that she will do better going forward.
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