CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Sakshi Malik defeated Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan 8-5 in the 58kg category of women’s freestyle wrestling to win the bronze medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016. She was then only the fourth Indian woman to win an Olympic medal and was India’s first medal of that edition of the Games.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 2016 Olympic Games at Rio was a watershed one for India as for the first time in Olympic history, their medal haul was enriched only by its female athletes with PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik claiming historic podiums on their Games debut.

Detailed explanation-3: -India’s medallists at Olympics 2016 India’s first medal at Rio 2016 came through the unfancied Sakshi Malik, a youngster who was not in contention for the Olympics until very late when the famed Geeta Phogat could not quite nail down a quota.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sakshi Malik (born 3 September 1992) is an Indian freestyle wrestler. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category, becoming the first Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics.

Detailed explanation-5: -The 120 athletes include 32 members of Indian men’s and women’s hockey team. Apart from them, 36 athletes will represent India in Athletics (track and field events) category alone. Indian will be competing across 15 events at Rio Olympics.