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Divya Kakran clinchs bronze in 68 Kg Freestyle wrestling event at 2018 Jakarta Asian Games
On August 21, Indian Wrestler Divya Kakran clinched bronze in the 68 Kg Freestyle wrestling event at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games. In the final, Kakran defeated her Chinese Taipei opponent Chen Wenling by technical superiority with the final score ..
Vinesh Phogat: First Indian woman to win gold medal at 2018 Asian Games
Wrester Vinesh Phogat (23) became first Indian women athlete to win gold medal at the Asian Games 2018 held in Jakarta, Indonesia. She achieved this feat, by defeating Yuki Irie of Japan by 6-2 score final of the women’s wrestling ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
Wrestler Bajrang Punia wins India’s first gold medal at 2018 Asian Games
Wrestler Bajrang Punia (24) won India’s first gold medal at the 18th edition of the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. In the men’s freestyle 65 kg final event, he defeated Japan’s Takatani Daichi by 11-8 score. It was Bajrang’s ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2018
Navjot Kaur: First Indian woman to win gold medal at Asian Wrestling Championships
Ace wrestler Navjot Kaur won gold medal in the 65kg freestyle wrestling category of Senior Asian Championships held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. With this, she created history by becoming first Indian woman wrestler to win gold medal in Senior Asian Championships. ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Under-23 Senior World Wrestling Championship: Ritu Phogat wins Silver
India’s Ritu Phogat has won Silver medal in Under-23 Senior World Wrestling held in Poland. She won silver medal in 48 kg category. She entered into final by defeating Bulgarian Wrestler Selishka in Quarter finals and Chinese Wrestler Jiang Zhu ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017
India to host 2018 Junior Asian Wrestling Championship (JAWC)
India will host the 2018 Junior Asian Wrestling Championship (JAWC), which is scheduled to be held from July 19 to 22 in New Delhi. Recently, the United World Wrestling (UWW) has announced the hosting rights to Indian city for the ..
India's Harpreet Singh wins bronze in Asian Wrestling Championship
Harpreet Singh has bagged bronze medal in Greco-Roman weight divisions in the Asian Wrestling Championship held at the K.D. Jadhav arena in the Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex in New Delhi. Harpreet clinched the bronze medal after beating his rival Jun Ji Na of China ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2017
Indian wrestlers win four medals at 2016 TAFISA World Games
Four Indian wrestlers have won four medals individually including a gold medal, at the sixth edition of the TAFISA World Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Wrestler Dalmiya had won gold medal in 60kg category by defeating Azerbaijan’s Muhammad Sahan by ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016
Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt’s London Olympics bronze medal upgraded to silver medal
Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt’s bronze medal from the 2012 London Summer Olympics has been upgraded to silver. This up gradation comes after second-place finisher and silver medalist late Besik Kudukhov from Russia was stripped off his medal for failing a ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2016
Wrestler Narsingh Yadav banned for four years by Court of Arbitration for Sport
Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav was banned from all competitive sporting events for four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) based in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was banned by CAS following an appeal by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as ..