India's goodwill embassador for Rio, Sachin Tendulkar recently met Olympic-bound Indian wrestling contingent at a hotel and encouraged the players boosting their morale before the actual event in August.
"Met some of our champion athletes preparing for #RioOlympics2016. Wonderful knowing their experiences and dreams!," Tendulkar wrote on his twitter handle. The legendary batsman met all the wrestlers who have secured Olympic quotas -- Narsingh Yadav (men's 74kg), Vinesh Phogat (women's 48kg), Babita Kumari (women's 53kg), Sakshi Malik (women's 58kg), Ravinder Khatri (Greco-Roman 85kg) and Hardeep (Greco-Roman 98kg) with the exception of Yogeshwar Dutt (men's 65kg) and Sandeep Tomar (57kg).
Women's wrestling team coach Kuldeep Singh, who was present at the occasion said "Our wrestlers were very happy to meet Tendulkar. We had meal together and then he spoke to the athletes and boosted their confidence ahead of the Rio Games. Speaking to him was a big psychological boost for our players.He shared his own experiences, narrated a lot of stories and also spoke about how he dealt with all the pressure during his playing days."