New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the performance of youngsters who excelled at the recently concluded Khelo India Youth Games held in Haryana.
Rahi Sarnobat is the first woman to win a gold medal in shooting at the Asian Games 2018 for India in 25-metre pistol shooting and later escalated her way to the Tokyo Olympics.
Wednesday's bouts in the remaining 7 weight categories of free-style wrestling were held and Indian grapplers clinched three gold, one silver & two bronze medals.
India grouped in Pool B along with England, New Zealand and China will begin their campaign on July 3 against nemesis England, to whom they lost the Bronze Medal in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Bouts in 5 weight categories of women wrestling were held and the following women wrestlers won the medals: Ritika (43 kg, Gold), Ahilaya Shinde (49 kg, Gold), Siksha (57 kg Gold), Priya (73 kg, Gold), and Pulkit (65 kg, Silver).
Bouts in 5 weight categories of women wrestling were held and the following women wrestlers won the medals: Mushkan (40 kg, Gold), Shruti (46 kg, Gold), Reena (53 kg, Gold), Savita (61 kg, Gold), Mansi Bhadana (69 kg, Bronze)
World Junior Champion and Asian Record holder Ronaldo Singh pedalled cycle with a speed of 58.254 km/h and clocked 1:01.798s to come in the leaderboard. He won bronze medal in 1km Time Trial event of Men Senior category. This is India’s first-ever medal in this event.
Washington [US], June 21 (ANI): The Nobel Peace Prize medal, owned by Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of Russian news outlet Novaya Gazeta, was sold at an auction in the United States for USD 103.5 million, Heritage Auctions said.