Sakshi Malik won a historic bronze medal in the 58 kg event at the Rio Olympics

Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma got a lot of appreciation for her role of a female wrestler practising against men in the recent blockbuster 'Sultan'. But for India’s real life female grapplers, fighting against men, often bigger and stronger than them, is a routine, and a thankless one at that. That’s one of the main reasons why India's most decorated Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar salutes Sakshi Malik for her historic bronze medal-winning performance in the 58 kg event at the Rio Olympics recently.