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AN APPEAL :- PLEASE HELP SONIKA :- INDIA'S BEST WOMAN WRESTLER - VENKATKRISHNAN.K.
AN APPEAL :- PLEASE HELP SONIKA :- INDIA'S BEST WOMAN WRESTLER - VENKATKRISHNAN.K.
Topic started by VENKATKRISHNAN.K. (@ 203.94.218.105) on Sat Jan 29 06:10:25 EST 2005.
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Dear Lovers of Sport,
WOMEN'S WRESTLING SHOULD ALSO HAVE "OPEN WEIGHT CATEGORY"
I narrate below the sad plight of Ms. Sonika Kaliraman,who the best woman wrestler of India.She comes from a family of reknowned wrestlers. Her Father was a Champion Wrestler in his times.
Yesterday,I spoke for quite sometime with Sonika, She was almost in tears and I was very sad to know that she did not qualify for the U.S. tournament. That too she was defeated by some one far inferior .This is really frustrating for her.
By analyzing her performance over the last 3-4 years I realized that she has a few inherent disadvantages.
One of the main reasons as to why Sonika is at a disadvantage is because of her height which is 6ft one inch (i.e 183 CMS) and the upper limit for weight in women’s wrestling is 72 Kgs. There is no OPEN- WEIGHT CATEGORY category in Women’s wrestling as in Judo, weightlifting or even Boxing. For Sonika’s height, if she is only 72 Kgs then she is underweight as per BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) FORMULA.
Thus making her vulnerable to permanent injuries.
The BMI formula is calculated as: -
WEIGHT IN KGS / SQUARE OF THE HEIGHT IN METERS.
For Sonika it is 72/(1.83*1.83) = 19.23 approx. Hence “19.23” is her BMI .
For a normal healthy person the BMI should be between 23 and 25. But for a person like a soldier or a sports person involving fighting, the BMI should be between 28 & 32.
Hence IDEALLY Sonika’s weight for such a difficult and painful sport as wrestling must be (1.83*1.83*28) = 94 Kgs. But as the weight limit is only 72 kgs she is underweight by 22 KGS.
Sonika is a very good natured, sweet and a very sensitive girl. Repeatedly getting defeated at various competitions, for no fault of hers, will give Sonika severe depression and destroy her self-esteem. This should not happen.
Thus at the earliest all patriotic Indian Sportslovers must campaign with the International Wrestling Federation to include an "Open weight" Catagory in Women's Wrestling as in Men's wrestling as well. If this happens soon enough then I can say with a certainity that SONIKA WILL BE UNBEATABLE AND WILL SHOWER THE NATION WITH GOLD MEDALS IN EVERY TOURNAMENT SHE TAKES PART.
Thanking you,
Venkatakrishnan.k.
venkat_krishnank@rediffmail.com
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Responses:
- From: suzan (@ dsl.mp.046.123.101.203.touchtelindia.net)
on: Fri Jun 17 04:34:02
Sonicas height is not 6'1" but it is 5'11". so her BMI will be enough good. some wrong information about her height. she is the best wrestler in india currently.
- From: suzana (@ rasmp116.219.95.61.touchtelindia.net)
on: Thu Jul 7 08:21:13 EDT 2005
is she a bodybuilder?
i like bodybuilder ladies.
women should not enter in these men's game.they have spoiled the spirit of the game as they mostly are sex symbols. no one can see them as power objects as men.
a mascular looking lady always turns a man on rather than threatning him.....
i know that most of indian men looking this side of wretling as a entertainment in sex....
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