While browsing the net, especially on Abhinav Bindra's Olympic feat, i happened to read an article on Khashaba Jadhav, independent India's first individual Olympic medal winner. He won a bronze medal in the bantam weight category of wrestling in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. It is shocking to see the contrast between Jadhav's victory and Abhinav's victory. The article was written by Rod Gilmour in his blog for the Telegraph, UK. khashaba Jadhav's medal winning efforts at the Helsinki games must truely be a remarkable effort when compared to Abhinav Bhindra's gold medal winning effort at Beijing, considering the era in which Jadhav was competing and also the strata of society from which he came from. Truely, a remarkable feat.
Some more articles on him at Rediff.com and sify.com
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