Question: Anshu Malik won which of the following medal at the World wrestling championships in Oslo, Norway and became the first Indian woman to achieve this feat?
(a) Gold
(b) Silver
(c) Bronze
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:
- Anshu Malik won the silver medal at the World wrestling championships in Oslo, Norway, thereby etching her name in history books by becoming the first Indian woman to achieve the feat.
- The 20-year-old put up a strong fight but lost to two-time Olympic medallist Helen Maroulis of the USA in the final.
- She had gone one step ahead of five other Indian women – Alka Tomar (2006), Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari (2012), Pooja Dhanda (2018) and Vinesh Phogat (2019) – who secured bronze medals in the elite event.
BY: AMIT GUPTA