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Divya Kakran, Pinki and Sarita Mor win gold medals at Asian Wrestling Championships
Divya Kakran recently won a gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships, recently being held in New Delhi. Divya won all four bouts in the five-wrestler 68kg category. Other Indian wrestlers Pinki and Sarita Mor also secured the gold medal in the women’s 55kg and 59kg categories respectively. Earlier, Ashu, Aditya Kundu and Hardeep won ..
Topics: Asian Wrestling Championships • Wrestling • Wrestling in India
Asian Wrestling Championship commences in New Delhi
The Asian Wrestling Championship has recently commenced in New Delhi. Indian wrestler Sunil Kumar became the first Indian in 27 years to win a gold medal in the Greco-Roman style, at the Asian Wrestling Championships. Sunil defeated Azat Salidinov of Kyrgyzstan 5-0 to clinch the title in 87 kg category. Last year, he won silver in ..
Topics: Asian Wrestling Championships • Wrestling • Wrestling in India
India wins team event at first Mallakhamb World Championship 2019
India emerged as winners in the team event at the first-ever Mallakhamb World Championship at Shivaji Park in central Mumbai on February 17. In the two-day tournament, approx 100 participants from 15 countries – Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, USA, Iran, Norway, England, France, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Vietnam, Bahrain, and hosts India – competed. The ..
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