Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) India hosted the 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships
(2) Sunil Kumar won Greco-Roman Asian Wrestling Championships gold after the gap of 27 years
(3) India finished 3rd rank with 20 medals
Of the above correct statement/s is/are:
(a) Only 1&2
(b) Only 1&3
(c) Only 2 &3
(d) All of the above
Answer: (d)
Related facts:
- The 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships, organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and United World Wrestling (UWW), was held at the KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium, Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi, from February 18 – 23, 2020.
- The event had a total of 30 weight classes in action under 3 events: Men’s freestyle, Men’s Greco-Roman and Women’s freestyle.
- Japan topped the medal tally with 16 medals (8 Gold, 4 Silver, 4 Bronze).
- Second rank was held by Iran with total of 17 medals including7 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze.
- India finished 3rd rank with 20 medals (5 Gold, 6 Silver, and 9 Bronze).
- Sunil Kumar became the first Indian wrestler in 27 years to win a Greco-Roman gold at the Asian Wrestling Championships .In 1993 Pappu Yadav won the gold medal in the 48 kg category.
- China was barred from entering into the competition due to the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak.
- North Korea and Turkmenistan were unable to participate in the tournament due to circumstances stemming from the outbreak.
- Indian winners:
| S.No | Player Name | Category | Medal |
| 1 | Ravi Kumar Dahiya | Men’s freestyle- 57kg | Gold |
| 2 | Sunil Kumar | Men’s Greco-Roman-87 kg | Gold |
| 3 | Pinki | Women’s freestyle-55 kg | Gold |
| 4 | Sarita Mor | Women’s freestyle- 59 kg | Gold |
| 5 | Divya Kakran | Women’s freestyle- 68 kg | Gold |
| 6 | Bajrang Punia | Men’s freestyle-65 kg | Silver |
| 7 | Jitender Kumar | Men’s freestyle -74 kg | Silver |
| 8 | Gourav Baliyan | Men’s freestyle -79 kg | Silver |
| 9 | Satyawart Kadian | Men’s freestyle -97 Kg | Silver |
| 10 | Nirmala Devi | Women’s freestyle -50Kg | Silver |
| 11 | Sakshi Malik | Women’s freestyle -65 kg | Silver |
| 12 | Rahul Aware | Men’s freestyle-61 kg | Bronze |
| 13 | Deepak Punia | Men’s freestyle-86 kg | Bronze |
| 14 | Arjun Halakurki | Men’s Greco-Roman-55 Kg | Bronze |
| 15 | Ashu | Men’s Greco-Roman-67 Kg | Bronze |
| 16 | Aditya Kundu | Men’s Greco-Roman-72 Kg | Bronze |
| 17 | Hardeep Singh | Men’s Greco-Roman-97 Kg | Bronze |
| 18 | Vinesh Phogat | Women’s freestyle- 53 kg | Bronze |
| 19 | Anshu Malik | Women’s freestyle- 57 kg | Bronze |
| 20 | Gursharan Preet Kaur | Women’s freestyle- 72 kg | Bronze |
Links:
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/database
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Asian_Wrestling_Championships