Question: How many gold medals did Indian wrestling team win in the recently concluded Cadet Asian Wrestling Championship?
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 3
Answer- (a)
Related facts:
- Cadet Asian Wrestling Championship organized by United Kingdom Wrestling, (UWW), concluded in Bangkok, Thailand. (July 20th-23rd, 2017).
- The headquarters of the UWW is located in Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Iran grabbed the freestyle team title by winning four gold medals (79 points).
- Indiaand Kazakhstan remained second and third respectively with 72-72 points.
- Iran team also captured title in Greco-Roman competition with 87 points.
- Kazakhstan (77 points), Kyrgyzstan (75 points and India (65 points) remained Second, Third and Fourth respectively.
- Women’s wrestling title was won by Japan with 94 points.
- India (78 points) and Mongolia (73 points) remained second and third respectively.
- Indian wrestling team won a total of 23 medals (5gold, 2 silver and 16 bronze) in Cadet Asian Wrestling Championship.
- Indian gold medalist wrestlers-
Tina, 65 kg (Women wrestling)
Akash Dahiya, 58kg (Freestyle)
Praveen Malik, 76 kg (Freestyle)
Arshad, 42 kg (Greco-Roman)
Mohit, 85 kg (Greco-Roman)
Reference:
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/iran-claims-4-freestyle-golds-on-final-day-wins-team-title-at-cadet-asian-cships
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/japanese-women-cap-astonishing-performance-at-cadet-asian-cships
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/iran-captures-gr-title-japanese-women-bag-3-golds-on-day-2-of-cadet-asian-cships
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/kazakhstan-iran-india-share-7-golds-on-first-day-of-asian-cadet-championships
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/indian-cadet-wrestling-team-wins-23-medals-117072401338_1.html