Navjot kaur wins Gold,Sakshi Malik grabs Bronze Medal

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sat, Mar 03, 2018, 06:37 PM

Navjot kaur wins Gold,Sakshi Malik grabs Bronze Medal

New Delhi Mar 3: Indian women wrestlers have created history.Ace wrestler Navjot Kaur became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal in the Senior Asian Championships.

The woman has won a medal in the 65kg freestyle category in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Friday.She has won against Japan's Miya Imai 9-1 in the final bout.This was also India's first gold in the ongoing championships.

Earlier Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik has won the bronze in the 62kg freestyle category. She has defeated Kazakhstan's Ayaulym Kassymova 10-7.

With the win of two medals India has won a Total of six medals in the championships which consisted a gold, a silver and four bronze medals.