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Well, definitely, I mean, the economic obstacles he had to deal with and the lack of government support are one of the reasons why I'm a fan of Sushi Kumar, other than just the fact that he has exciting matches. I think there are actually a number of Indian wrestlers involved in pelwanhi that might have the right stuff but just might not get discovered or have the necessary financial conditions or backing.
Anyway, there's nothing racist about anything you're saying and there ain't nothing racist about discussing the effects of a certain diet. I was thinking of certain other posts in this thread that got pretty ridiculous in my eyes. Although I was misstating things to say that the ridiculousness was merely owing to racist content; we've also got discussion of male on male rape, for example.
I wasn't familiar with Sushil Kumar but after looking him up, yeah he sounds like a true underdog story. Partially inspired to take up wrestling by his cousin, who had to stop competing because their family could only support one wrestler. Strict vegetarian. And turned down a $70K liquor commercial (when he's not making big money) because he didn't want to promote alcohol to young people. What a badass. But at almost 38, do you think he has a real chance to qualify for the Olympics?
The vegetarian angle is significant. I know it can be done but you must have to be super strict with your diet - just another inconvenience for an athlete when traveling. I tried to give up meat for a week just out of curiosity and after a few days said fuck that. Couldn't train with any kind of intensity and felt like crap. Respect to anyone that does it because the energy and recovery demands of training wrestling are massive, and by far the easiest way for most athletes to do that is to eat a balanced diet including meat.
By the way I didn't think you were accusing me of being racist, just wanted to clarify my post. Agree there's some offensive stuff in this thread and most threads about national origin sadly seem to devolve into that.
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