Bajrang Punia won the Asian games gold medal in which game ?
Bajrang Punia won the Asian games gold medal in which game ? Correct Answer Wrestling
The correct answer is Wrestling.
Key Points
- Bajrang Punia
- He is an Indian freestyle wrestler, who competes in the 65-kg weight category. Hence, Option 4 is correct.
- At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Punia won a bronze medal by defeating Kazakhstan’s Daulet Niyazbekov with a wide 8-0 margin.
- Punia is the only Indian wrestler to win 3 medals at the World Wrestling Championships.
Additional Information
- Shooting
- It is an important Olympic sport in India.
- Of India's 35 Olympic medals, four have come from shooting, including a gold by Abhinav Bindra in the 2008 Olympics.
- Indian shooters who have excelled at international events include Abhinav Bindra, Jaspal Rana, Jitu Rai, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Vijay Kumar, Gagan Narang, Apurvi Chandela, Ronjan Sodhi, Anjali Bhagwat, Heena Sidhu, Shreyasi Singh, Manu Bhaker, Anisa Sayyed, Rahi Sarnobat and Saurabh Chaudhary.
- Rowing
- India's history in rowing dates back to the British era.
- The first club, the Calcutta Rowing Club was founded in 1858.
- The Rowing Federation of India administers the sport in the country.
- India's first-ever Asian Games gold medal was won by Bajrang Lal Takhar in 2010 but the country has never won an Olympic medal in the sport.
- Three Indian rowers have qualified for the 2012 London Olympics.
- Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh produced the best-ever performance from Indian rowers at the Summer Games with an 11th finish in the Men's Lightweight Double Sculls at the Tokyo Olympics.
- Boxing
- In India, the sport of boxing is governed by the Indian Boxing Federation.
- The majority of boxing in India occurs nationally and internationally as amateur boxing, with only a few boxers opting to pursue professional boxing.
- This has been attributed to a lack of promotional companies, facilities, and revenue.
- However, India is a regular medal-holder at international tournaments including the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, and Olympics.
- Boxing has been rising in popularity in certain states, particularly in Haryana.
- The Bhiwani Boxing Club in Bhiwani, Haryana has produced medalists in various weight classes.
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