The practical version: safety vetting, training through the cycle, and marriage-age pressure, grounded in real cases.
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A 2023 survey found several Indian sports federations, including the Wrestling Federation of India, had no legally required Internal Complaints Committee at all. The direct questions worth asking a hostel or academy before enrolling a daughter, not after.
3 min readTwo documented 2022 cases, a national cycling coach recalled from an overseas camp and an FIR against a SAI swimming coach, show what happens when a complaint is filed. How the complaint process works in practice, and what to know before it is ever needed.
3 min readMirabai Chanu missed a Paris 2024 Olympic medal by 1kg on the third day of her period, and named it directly afterward. Accounts from Dutee Chand, Anju Bobby George and Joshna Chinappa on what training through the cycle requires.
3 min readPreeja Sreedharan retired at 32 saying marriage ends sporting careers "only in India." Mary Kom, Sakshi Malik and Dipika Pallikal are documented cases where it did not. What made the difference between the two outcomes.
3 min readA Karnataka government study found most districts have no genuinely separate hostel building for girls. Complaints at state-level meets in Haryana about toilets and changing rooms without roofs or lighting. A different, physical gap from harassment policy, and what to check for.
2 min readA 229-wrestler World Championship study found coaches, not nutritionists or physicians, are the single biggest influence on rapid weight cuts, most of all for women. Why repeated weight-cutting is a women's-health issue, not a one-time Olympic-final event.
2 min readBasketball captain Shireen Limaye was India's best performer at a tournament and was still trolled over her body. Ashwini Ponnappa has described the same scrutiny from inside training. Why this is a separate problem from fitness or nutrition, not the same conversation.
2 min readSania Mirza took over two years and Dipika Pallikal took six months to return to world-class competition after childbirth. Two different timelines, and what both required beyond fitness.
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