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With his sight set on a medal in the Commonwealth Games, Beijing Olympics bronze medallist Sushil Kumar has a packed schedule ahead, beginning with the senior Asian freestyle, Greco-Roman and female wrestling championship — the test event for the October Games — beginning May 12 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here.Not having participated in a major comeptition recently, Sushil is busy training hard with the rest of the Indian team to regain his old form. His progress has not been helped by a hand injury that threatened to derail his career five months back, but the 27-year-old has recovered enough to take on opponents from higher weight categories to test himself during training."It's tough to take on wrestlers who are from higher weight categories. I fight in the 66-weight category, so taking on somebody in the 84 or 96 makes a big difference. But I've been doing this — fighting against much bigger opponents in training — from my younger days. My coaches tell me that not many in the country have the ability to do so," Kumar told Sportline on Tuesday.For now, Sushil is concentrating only on his training, broken down into three sessions every day — morning, afternoon and evening. The morning session includes working on basic wrestling techniques, sprints and light training. The evenings revolve around light running and an occasional game of football, but it the afternoon session, when he trains in wrestling bouts, that takes the maximum out of the champion. In the sweltering heat despite being indoors, the session includes fights and all-out wrestling sessions where he fights opponents from higher divisions.Sushil admits that while training against heavier opponents makes it easier in competition, there is always the chance of an injury, sometimes serious. "Isme chot ka khatra hamesha rehta hai," he says.While the freestyle wrestler had earned a censure from the steering committee of sports ministry for being disqualified from the Asian championship in Thailand in June last year, he answered his critics by winning gold at the German GP in Dortmund the very next month — his first gold in an international event after Beijing Olympics — and now insists he is satisfied with his current form. "I have recovered from my injury. I won gold in Germany as well as in the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Championships in Jalandhar. I'm feeling good about my game," he said.His coach and Dronacharya awardee Satpal said he was confident that Sushil and the Indian team will be among medals in the May 12-16 event. "There's no guarantee for winning, but going by their training, I am sure that Sushil and our team will be major contenders at the Asian meet," Satpal said. "I am confident because he (Sushil) hasn't lost his discipline despite winning an Olympic medal. He still respects his coaches, heeds their advice and trains as hard as ever."'No trouble in hosting event'Meanwhile, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief GS Mander said the federation doesn't expect any trouble with the Delhi Police ahead of the meet. Most of the test events have been barred for general public because of security issues but Mander was confident it won't be repeated."We have been in constant touch with the Delhi police officials so I don't think we'll go through the same problems."
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