Yup the two of them share a good camaraderie. Arshad was full of praise the last time at Tokyo and always said Chopra feat inspired him....Chopra also has been very friendly towards him.
So this has paid off in helping Arshad....taking only the positives from whichever circumstance (ability to get inspired past a political border...and also to pitch in everything himself to push to his max frontier when there has been grievous lack of support from pak govt etc). It is testament to his character and Indians should also be heartened and take the positives from it too.
Really even this olympics, both countries should be winning far more medals.... they should not let these things simply be flash in pan stuff, the inspiration and can-do must spread like wildfire and extract change from powers that be to invest and commit to infra + training.
It has been long convo
@Waz and I have had just about wrestling, Pakistani wrestlers simply are not supported enough in current environment... it is never lack of raw talent....it is simply Pakistan govt has not trained and organised good quality infra for the long term.
This applies to each and every sporting discipline. We have all seen the tough village folk in all our neck of woods.....basically among them theres definitely folks that never got the chance to make something of a intrinsic talent they had. So tons of people get squandered.
So we must make use of when there is a "breakdown" in our defeatist programming/narrative regarding sporting ability (past cricket)....and a stark truth comes into view like Arshad, Chopra et al anyway.....that the process/circumstance they had for success here needs to be expanded to many many more in the end.
That's what I hope and mean by "inspiration".... dont let it just slip away, it needs to grow somehow.
Winning a much coveted Olympic gold medal and beating India, What a sweet combination
and India 
