NEW DELHI: Two time Olympics medal winner Sushil Kumar revealed that he was offered money to throw the final away in the 2010 world wrestling championship in Moscow.
As he prepared for his final against Russian Alan Gogaev, a member of Sushil's training staff came up to him and said that the Gogaev camp wanted to talk to him about the bout.
A report in The Times of India, says that Sushil was apparently offered a few crores to lose the final match.
Sushil refused to take the bait and won the final 3-1.
Speaking to The Times of India, the wrestler said: 'It was not a matter of two or four crores. Humari bhi izzat ki baat thhi.'
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