Question: Who amongst the following is the first Indian woman to win gold medal in Asian Wrestling Championship-2018 concluded on March 4th, 2018 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan?
(a) Navjot Kaur
(b) Sangeeta Phogat
(c) Sakshi Malik
(d) Vinesh Phogat
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:
- Asian Wrestling Championship, 2018, concluded in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. (February 27th – 4th March 2018)
- China ranked first in the medal table by getting total 14 medals, including 7 gold medals.
- Host country Kyrgyzstan won 2 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze medals (11 medals total) and remained at 6th position in the medal table.
- In this championship, Navjot Kaur from India won the only gold medal in 65 kg freestyle style category.
- Now, Navjot Kaur is the first woman wrestler to win gold medal in the Asian Wrestling Championships.
- Indian women wrestler Vinesh Phogat won the silver medal in the Women’s Free Style 50kg category.
- In addition to this, India won 6 bronze medals (2 bronze medals women and 4 by men) and remained at Ninth in the medal tally.
Reference:
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/event/asian-championships-4?tab=results&weight-category=d3f95dab-1b9b-11e8-8ff4-080027548b1b
http://www.firstpost.com/sports/navjot-kaur-first-indian-woman-win-gold-asian-championships-charted-course-tarn-taran-bishkek-4374355.html