{"id":155668,"date":"2023-08-21T12:52:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T07:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=155668"},"modified":"2023-08-21T12:52:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T07:22:54","slug":"priya-malik-wins-gold-at-u20-world-wrestling-championships-in-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/priya-malik-wins-gold-at-u20-world-wrestling-championships-in-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"Priya Malik wins gold at U20 World Wrestling Championships in Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Priya Malik wins gold at U20 World Wrestling Championships in Jordan: <\/strong>Indian wrestler Priya Malik achieved a remarkable feat by bagging the gold medal at the ongoing U20 World Wrestling Championships in Jordan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/daily-current-affairs-and-quiz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz: August 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>An Overview of the News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The win makes Priya Malik only the second Indian woman to earn a gold medal in this prestigious competition. Competing in the 76 kg category, Priya showed her prowess by defeating Germany&#8217;s Laura Kuehn with a decisive score of 5-0 in the gold medal match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her achievement is particularly significant as she joins Antim Panghal, who had previously won a gold medal in the same competition. Priya Malik&#8217;s success has contributed to India&#8217;s outstanding performance at the U20 World Wrestling Championships under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This win is the second time that India has earned two gold medals in the same championship.&nbsp;The last time this happened was in 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bronze medal of athlete Arju<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with Priya&#8217;s win, another Indian wrestler named Arju, who is part of the Khelo India initiative, showcased her skills in the 68 kg category. Arju&#8217;s achievement includes winning the bronze medal after defeating Turkey&#8217;s Elif Kurt in the bronze medal match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Impressive medal tally for India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country&#8217;s medal tally totaled twelve medals: four gold, two silver, and six bronze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>List of Indian medal winners in U20 World Wrestling Championships 2023:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gold Medals:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mohit Kumar &#8211; Achieved gold in Men&#8217;s freestyle 61kg category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Priya Malik &#8211; Secured gold in the Women&#8217;s 76kg category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antim Panghal &#8211; Earned gold in Women&#8217;s 53kg category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Savita &#8211; Clinched gold in the Women&#8217;s 62kg category.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silver Medals:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sagar Jaglan &#8211; Attained silver in the Men&#8217;s freestyle 79kg category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antim &#8211; Secured silver in Women&#8217;s 65kg category.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bronze Medals:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jaideep &#8211; secured a bronze medal in the Men&#8217;s freestyle 74kg category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deepak Chahal &#8211; Earned a bronze medal in the Men&#8217;s freestyle 97kg category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rajat Ruhal &#8211; Achieved a bronze medal in Men&#8217;s freestyle 125kg category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arju &#8211; Clinched a bronze medal in the Women&#8217;s 68kg category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reena &#8211; Attained a bronze medal in the Women&#8217;s 57kg category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harshita Mor &#8211; secured a bronze medal in the Women&#8217;s 72kg category.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Priya Malik wins gold at U20 World Wrestling Championships in Jordan: Indian wrestler Priya Malik achieved a remarkable feat by bagging the gold medal at the ongoing U20 World Wrestling Championships in Jordan. Daily Current Affairs Quiz: August 2023 An Overview of the News The win makes Priya Malik only the second Indian woman to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":155669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5142],"tags":[4919,59],"class_list":["post-155668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-august-2023","tag-persons-in-news","tag-sports-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155670,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155668\/revisions\/155670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}