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Geeta Phogat
American
Wrestler
Born:
Dec 15
,
1988
Father
Girl
Me
People
Women
You
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The Ultimate Warrior
World Championships is the toughest competition in the world.
Geeta Phogat
World
Competition
Toughest
Championships
It is extremely difficult to get a medal at the World Championships, even more than the Olympics. And when one is not 100 per cent prepared, it is next to impossible to win a medal there.
Geeta Phogat
World
Win
Impossible
Difficult
Extremely
Per
More
Than
Get
Cent
Next
Even
Medal
Prepared
Championships
Olympics
All young wrestlers would love to see their game back in Olympics.
Geeta Phogat
Love
Game
Young
Back
Would
See
Wrestlers
Olympics
Film as a medium has a power that sports like wrestling lack.
Geeta Phogat
Sports
Power
Medium
Wrestling
Like
Lack
Film
We had to go to bed by 8 P.M. My siblings and I would often play cards under the bed-sheets. But we would get caught and then were made to practise harder. My father would say, 'You need to work even more if you aren't tired enough to go to sleep.'
Geeta Phogat
Work
Tired
You
Father
Made
Enough
Say
Would
More
Had
Practise
Bed
Caught
Go
Were
Get
Often
Then
Even
Harder
Play
Cards
Need
Sibling
Sleep
We see the worth and appreciate the discipline my father inculcated in us.
Geeta Phogat
Worth
Discipline
Father
Inculcated
See
Us
Appreciate
Fitness for us on match day is paramount.
Geeta Phogat
Fitness
Day
Paramount
Match
Us
The contribution of my dad towards women's wrestling in Haryana is immense and his vision and determination have shaped several young careers.
Geeta Phogat
Women
Determination
Vision
Young
Several
Immense
Wrestling
Shaped
Towards
His
Contribution
Dad
Careers
I come from a wrestling background - my father and grandfather were into wrestling.
Geeta Phogat
Father
Background
Wrestling
Come
Were
Grandfather
We did not had enough facilities in the village. My family was also not well off. There was no mat, no gym; we used to wrestle in the mud. It was very different from the national camps where I trained before the Commonwealth Games.
Geeta Phogat
Family
National
Before
Enough
Wrestle
Gym
Facilities
Had
Had Enough
Also
Well
Mat
Off
Very
Camps
Trained
Did
Where
Different
Commonwealth
Mud
Used
Games
Village
There is so much discrimination towards women in Haryana.
Geeta Phogat
Women
Towards
Discrimination
Much
I wear jeans and shorts. I travelled on my own to Mumbai for my knee surgery. I can go to Delhi when I want. Being a sportsperson helps me get away from the bhed bhav of Haryana.
Geeta Phogat
Me
Own
Wear
Delhi
My Own
Knee
Surgery
Go
Get
Being
Want
Shorts
Jeans
Helps
Travelled
Away
Mumbai
Women sportspersons like Krishna Poonia and Seema Antil are role models for Haryanvi women.
Geeta Phogat
Women
Like
Krishna
Role
Role Models
Models
Even my grandmother would tell me that girls should not wrestle, it's a man's game.
Geeta Phogat
Me
Game
Man
Girl
Tell
Would
Wrestle
Grandmother
Should
Even
Our akhara was very basic. It was just a little opening next to where the animals were tied. We had to first dig the soil with our bare hands, make it loose, before we could begin our session. I used to hate it. It also used to be either too hot or too cold. There were no mats, no mattresses, nothing.
Geeta Phogat
Hate
Soil
Animals
First
Before
Nothing
Too
Cold
Dig
Our
Could
Had
Hot
Opening
Also
Make
Tied
Loose
Were
Very
Begin
Hands
Just
Where
Either
Little
Bare
Next
Used
Basic
Session
My father was a disciplinarian. He had this cane and he would spare no one if found at fault. Unlike Babita, I was not physically strong and couldn't cope with the training. So I got the most beatings.
Geeta Phogat
Training
Fault
Strong
Father
Unlike
Would
Physically
Had
No-One
He
Most
Disciplinarian
Got
Cane
Spare
Found
Cope
I used to watch Babita and Vinesh win medals. I was happy for my sisters but at the same time I felt bad for not being a part of the contingent.
Geeta Phogat
Time
Happy
Win
Bad
Part
Felt
Contingent
Sisters
Same
Same Time
Being
Used
Medals
Watch
I will be even more strict than my dad, because look at me, I turned out fine.
Geeta Phogat
Me
Strict
Will
Out
Fine
More
Look
Because
Than
Turned
Even
Dad
Even if someone offers me junk food, I won't eat it.
Geeta Phogat
Food
Me
Eat
Someone
Offers
Junk
Junk Food
Even
I want to settle down and start an academy in a rural area, because I feel that's where most champions come from. If you have everything in life, why would you wake up at 3:30 A.M. to train? I feel there's a lot of talent that goes untapped there, especially in women sports.
Geeta Phogat
Life
You
Sports
Women
Wake Up
Down
Settle
Everything
Would
Rural
Area
Feel
Talent
Come
Untapped
Most
Academy
Because
Lot
Wake
Up
Train
Goes
Where
Want
Why
Start
Champions
I think if we are at a war with an enemy country, that country is responsible for our soldiers' deaths.
Geeta Phogat
War
Enemy
Country
Think
Our
Soldiers
Responsible
Deaths
There are a mix of good and bad people everywhere, be it Punjab, Delhi or Haryana.
Geeta Phogat
Good
People
Bad People
Everywhere
Bad
Delhi
Mix
Good And Bad
My father always told my sisters and me that once you succeed, people will automatically be quiet. And he was right.
Geeta Phogat
Me
You
People
Father
Will
Once
He
Always
Quiet
Sisters
Automatically
Succeed
Right
Visiting Spain does not excite me as much as making my parents proud does.
Geeta Phogat
Me
Parents
Visiting
Excite
Does
Proud
Making
Spain
Much
It was my father's passion actually. I had never wished to become a wrestler. I was 12 when my father initiated me into this sport. Gradually, I started liking it and then it became my passion too.
Geeta Phogat
Me
Passion
Father
Become
Too
Wrestler
Never
Had
Wished
Sport
Liking
Became
Gradually
Then
Initiated
Actually
Started
Before Babita and my win at the CommonWealth Games, nobody used to take Indian women wrestlers seriously.
Geeta Phogat
Women
Win
Seriously
Before
Indian
Wrestlers
Take
Nobody
Commonwealth
Used
Games
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