A 42-acre facility in interior Karnataka is busy in the business of training future Indian sports champions.
One August afternoon, a large number of youngsters, all aged between 12 and 19, are going hard at practice. Inside the auditorium, there is a thud as a girl, maybe 13 or 14 years old, slams another to the mat. To the left, a trainer explains grappling techniques to one of his wards, while a handful of boys climb ropes up to at least 12 feet, all on the power of their own limbs. To the right, pairs of boys and girls take measured swings at each other — with protective gear, of course — in a ring, while others spar outside it.
The auditorium — the combat sports hall — is part of a 42acre campus nestled in the redsand hills of Vijaynagar, a town in northern Karnataka that bears the name of the Vijayanagara empire of Krishnadevaraya, who ruled most of south India in the early 16th century from Hampi, just 30km away.
The Inspire Institute of Sport, built and run by JSW Sports, is located in the Bellary Hospet iron ore belt that is dominated by the JSW Group. Adjacent to the JSW Group’s Vidyanagar township, it is India’s first privately funded highperformance sports training institute. The aim: to send the country’s young athletes to the Olympic Games.
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