Sport in India Taekwondo Federation of India which was founded by Jimmy R. Jagtiani. Surendra Bhandari won a bronze medal in taekwondo at the 2002 Asian Games. Taekwondo is widely practised in India, with actors Neetu Chandra, Akshay Kumar and Isha Koppikar holding black belts. Rugby union is a minor, but fast-growing, sport in India. Some Indian sporting clubs are beginning to embrace the game, and it is the second most popular winter sport after football in India, which itself trails in popularity after cricket and field hockey. The history of cycling in India dates back to 1938, and the Cycling Federation of
Sandeep Tomar Sandeep Tomar Sandeep Tomar (born in Malakpur village, Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian male wrestler who competes in the men's freestyle 55 kg category. Sandeep Tomar on 24 April 2016, secured an Olympic quota place for India in the men's 57 kg freestyle category with a bronze medal finish on the final day of the 1st World Olympic Qualifying tournament, Mongolia, defeating Ukrainian wrestler Andriy Yatsenko with a dominating 11-0 show. He became the fourth Indian wrestler after Yogeshwar Dutt (men's 65 kg freestyle), Narsingh Yadav (men's 74 kg freestyle), and Hardeep Singh (Greco-Roman 98 kg) to book