Priya Malik successfully clinched gold in the World Cadet Wrestling Championships on Sunday. She got the better of her Belarus rival Kseniya Patapovich 5-0.
India has struck gold. Not in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics but miles away from the Japanese capital- Budapest, Hungary and the athlete who has given the Indians another reason to cheer is wrestler Priya Malik.
Priya Malik has successfully clinched gold at the ongoing World Cadet Wrestling Championships hosted in Hungary on Sunday.
The happy news of a woman bringing glory to the country comes just a day after Mirabai Chanu won silver yesterday at the Toky Olympics 2020.
Priya won the women’s 73 kg weight category gold medal by getting the better of Belarus wrestler Kseniya Patapovich 5-0 in the final. Priya Malik’s ‘golden’ triumph comes a day after the champion weightlifter Mirabai Chanu had clinched silver in the Women’s 49kg category in Tokyo Olympics.
We congratulate Priya on her big achievement and we wish her good luck for her future games.
