SportsWrestler Sujeet Kalkal credits coach Bentinidis for Asian Games gold
Wrestler Sujeet Kalkal credited foreign coach Shako Bentinidis for encouraging an attacking strategy and using the ‘dhobi pachhad’ arm throw technique, which helped him win the freestyle 65kg gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan. Kalkal, continuing the legacy of Yogeshwar Dutt and Bajrang Punia, was named India’s male athlete of the Games and praised Bentinidis for advising him to attack from the first bout.
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