CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Exactly one year and a day after his silver medal triumph at the Tokyo Olympics, India’s Ravi Kumar Dahiya won the gold medal in the men’s 57kg freestyle wrestling at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Saturday.

Detailed explanation-2: -Geeta Phogat was India’s first female wrestler to win at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she won the gold medal (55 kg) while her sister Babita Kumari won the silver (51 kg).

Detailed explanation-3: -Born on 12 December, 1997, Ravi Kumar Dahiya was introduced to wrestling at a very young age. His father Rakesh and both uncles were wrestlers and the sport was a way of life in his village. Ravi Kumar Dahiya competed regularly in his village before heading to New Delhi’s Chhatrasal Stadium at the age of 12.

Detailed explanation-4: -Geeta Phogat (born 15 December 1988) is a freestyle wrestler who won India’s first ever gold medal in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games in 2010.