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Special Great Gama's two-decade wait to avenge 'wrestling farce'

Great Gama's two-decade wait to avenge 'wrestling farce'

  • Maharaja of Patiala sent Gama to London in 1910 to challenge the greatest wrestlers of the West
  • He fought Polish wrestling champion Zbyszko two times, having to wait nearly 20 years for the second encounter
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