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Comparative Analysis of Selected Psychological Traits Between National and International Wrestlers of India |

Dr. Rajender Singh, Mr. Yogendra Singh Chahar, M/S. Priyanka Singh, in International Journal of Physical Education & Sports Sciences | Physical Education, Health, Fitness & Sports

ABSTRACT:

Wrestling represents one of the oldest forms of combat.Literary references to it occur as early as in the Iliad, in which Homerrecounts the Trojan War of the 13th or 12th century B.C. Theorigins of wrestling go back 15,000 years through cave drawings in France.Babylonian and Egyptian reliefs show wrestlers using most of the holds known inthe present-day sport.