Rio Olympic bronze medalist Sakshi and 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Geeta shared a joint statement on social media platform X.
"While our towns and communities raised us, the entire nation came together to make us champions. There can be no greater honor than fighting for the tricolor and your love and inspiration made it possible. We also thank our partners, both public and private, for their contribution, and we especially recognize the commitment and sustained support of the government," the publication reads.
"The only way to repay their trust is to dedicate our sporting talent, experience, courage and success to the service of sport. Therefore, the two of us have come together to create the Wrestling Champions Super League (WCSL)."
"The WCSL, a world-class international league, will train and strengthen our wrestlers to dominate the sport globally by facing the best in the world in a hyper-competitive environment, overseen by experts and with the best support systems in place," it reads. in the statement. further.
Paris Olympics bronze medalist Aman Seherawat also joined the duo in their new endeavor and expressed his full support to them.
"We are delighted that Aman shares our vision and joins us on this journey. This league is a very commendable initiative that will help Indian wrestling immensely and hence, I want to be a part of it and fully support it," he said . We look forward to working closely with this bright young star of Indian wrestling.”
"Wrestling contains some of the most inspiring stories of heroism, glory and community spirit in Indian sports. Through WCSL we will bring them to life too! While WCSL focuses on wrestling, it is also inspired by our overwhelming need to build a culture of sustained high performance in Indian sports and motivate all Indians to experience the joy of playing.
"Although founded by the two of us, the WCSL is a national mission committed to respecting and working closely with all stakeholders... Our hearts beat only for India, for Indian wrestling and for Indian sports. Come, Let's build the looking India of our dreams milk ke, ek saath!" concluded the publication.
Sakshi, who was the prominent face of the wrestlers' protest last year along with Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, who have now joined politics, announced her retirement from wrestling in December last year.
"While our towns and communities raised us, the entire nation came together to make us champions. There can be no greater honor than fighting for the tricolor and your love and inspiration made it possible. We also thank our partners, both public and private, for their contribution, and we especially recognize the commitment and sustained support of the government," the publication reads.
"The only way to repay their trust is to dedicate our sporting talent, experience, courage and success to the service of sport. Therefore, the two of us have come together to create the Wrestling Champions Super League (WCSL)."
"The WCSL, a world-class international league, will train and strengthen our wrestlers to dominate the sport globally by facing the best in the world in a hyper-competitive environment, overseen by experts and with the best support systems in place," it reads. in the statement. further.
Paris Olympics bronze medalist Aman Seherawat also joined the duo in their new endeavor and expressed his full support to them.
"We are delighted that Aman shares our vision and joins us on this journey. This league is a very commendable initiative that will help Indian wrestling immensely and hence, I want to be a part of it and fully support it," he said . We look forward to working closely with this bright young star of Indian wrestling.”
"Wrestling contains some of the most inspiring stories of heroism, glory and community spirit in Indian sports. Through WCSL we will bring them to life too! While WCSL focuses on wrestling, it is also inspired by our overwhelming need to build a culture of sustained high performance in Indian sports and motivate all Indians to experience the joy of playing.
"Although founded by the two of us, the WCSL is a national mission committed to respecting and working closely with all stakeholders... Our hearts beat only for India, for Indian wrestling and for Indian sports. Come, Let's build the looking India of our dreams milk ke, ek saath!" concluded the publication.
Sakshi, who was the prominent face of the wrestlers' protest last year along with Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, who have now joined politics, announced her retirement from wrestling in December last year.
