
Priya Malik Clinches Gold For India at World Cadet Wrestling Championship in Hungary
Malik secured the Gold medal by beating Belarus rival Kseniya Patapovich 5-0 in the 73 kg weight category.
India's wrestler Priya Malik has won a gold medal for the country at the World Cadet Wrestling Championship, which is taking place in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday. Malik secured the Gold medal by beating Belarus rival Kseniya Patapovich 5-0 in the 73 kg weight category.
Malik has consistently performed in the recent past and this win would give her a shot in the arm. She also won gold in the 2019 edition of Khelo India in Pune and then went on to win another gold in the same year at the 17th School Games that were held in Delhi. Furthermore, Priya also won two more gold medals in 2020.
Moreover, she has continued good form as she won two Gold medals at National Cadet Championship in Patna as well as at the National School Games respectively. Thus, She has shown the skills to go a long way in her career.
Meanwhile, Malik's feat comes a day after Mirabai Chanu won Silver in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics in the weightlifting 49 kg category. Chanu lifted 87 kg in snatch whereas she lifted 115 kgs in the clean and jerk category. Thus, the Manipur-born Indian lifted a total of 202 kg and created history. Chanu's Silver was the first medal for India in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics 2021.