CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Gurunaidu Sanapathi has become India’s first weightlifter to win a gold medal at the IWF Youth World Championships in Leon, Mexico.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gurunaidu Sanapathi has become India’s first weightlifter to win a gold at the IWF Youth World Championships in Leon, Mexico. The 16-year-old claimed the yellow metal with a total effort of 230kg (104kg+126kg) in the boy’s 55kg event late on Sunday night.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is Saanapathi Gurunaidu. Indian weightlifter Saanapathi Gurunaidu won gold medal in men’s 55-kilogram event at the IWF Youth World Championships in Leon, Mexico on 12 Jun’22. Vijay Prajapati and Akansha Kishor Vyavhare clinched silver medals on the opening day.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hidilyn Diaz has finally done it. The Philippines’ only Olympic champion to date dominated the women’s 55kg category at the 2022 IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Bogota and added that elusive world title to her stellar CV.

Detailed explanation-5: -The World Weightlifting Championships were first held in 1891, but it took India over a century to win their first medal at the competition. Kunjarani Devi was the first Indian to win a medal at the World Weightlifting Championships in 1989 with a silver in the 44kg category in Manchester.