CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Vinesh Phogat (born 25 August 1994) is an Indian wrestler. She became the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in both Commonwealth and Asian Games. She is the only Indian woman wrestler to win multiple medals at the World Wrestling Championships.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wrestler Vinesh Phogat wins gold in women’s 53 kg freestyle at Poland Ranking Series.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vinesh Phogat scripts history; first Indian woman wrestler to win two medals at the World Championships. Vinesh Phogat has become the first Indian woman wrestler to win two medals at the World Championships after clinching a bronze in 53 kilogram category in Belgrade, Serbia yesterday, September 14.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat claimed the women’s 53kg category gold medal at the Poland Open ranking Series in Warsaw on Friday after beating Ukraine’s Khrystyna Bereza in the final. This was India’s second medal at the event after Ravi Kumar Dahiya’s silver in the men’s 61kg on Wednesday.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sakshi Malik created history in 2016 when she won the bronze medal at the Rio Olympics. Sakshi became the first woman from India to win an Olympic medal in wrestling. Also a Haryana native, Sakhi Malik began wrestling at the age of 12 and competed in the same weight category as Geeta Phogat.