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Rakhi Halder wins gold medal at the Women’s National Weightlifting Championship

February 6, 2020

On February 6, 2020, Rakhi Halder of West Bengal won Senior Weightlifting Championship. She bagged gold medal in the 64 kg category at the 35th National Weight lifting Championship held in Kolkata. Highlights Halder lifted 117 kg in clean and jerk and 93 kg in snatch to win the medal. She was 10 kgs ahead ..

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India win historic gold at 2019 Junior Track World Cycling Championship

August 16, 2019

Indian men’s cyclist team created history by clinching the Team Sprint gold medal at World Junior Track Cycling Championships in Frankfurt, Germany. The team comprised of Esow Alben, Ronaldo Singh, James Singh and Rojit Singh. This is India’s 1st-ever gold in a global cycling competition. Key Highlights This is India’s historic 1st gold win at ..

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India finishes Asian Wrestling Championships 2019 with 16 medals

April 28, 2019

India finished Asian Wrestling Championships tournament held in Xian, China with a total of 16 medals which included eight (one gold, three silver and four bronze) won by men’s freestyle wrestlers, four bronze by women and three silver and one bronze by Greco-Roman wrestlers. Key Highlights India bagged two silver medals in Asian Wrestling Championships ..

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Wrestler Bajrang Punia wins India’s first gold medal at 2018 Asian Games

August 20, 2018

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 maiden gold medal and overall second medal in Asian Games after he had earlier won ..

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C.A. Bhavani Devi becomes first Indian to win a Gold in International Fencing tournament

May 29, 2017

India’s C.A Bhavani Devi has become first Indian to win a Gold Medal in an international fencing tournament. She has won the gold medal in the sabre event of the Turnoi Satellite Fencing Championship held at Reykjavik in Iceland. In the final, she beat Sarah Jane Hampson of Great Britain 15-13 on points. About C ..

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