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World Para-Athletics Championships: Simran Sharma wins gold, India bag three medals on last day

Simran Sharma, Navdeep and Preethi Pal added to India’s record tally at the World Para-Athletics Championships Simran Sharma won gold on the last day of the World Para-Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan. Image: X/Paralympic India Simran Sharma won gold medal in women’s 200m T12 event with a personal best of 24.95 seconds to earn India a sixth yellow metal on …

World Championships medallists Nikhat Zareen and Manju Rani registered thumping 5-0 victories to enter the quarter-finals of the 6th Elite Women’s National Boxing Championships on Thursday. The reigning world champion Nikhat, representing Telangana, thrashed Meghalaya’s Eva Waynie Marbaniang in the 50kg pre-quarterfinals bout, whereas Railways Sports Promotion Board’s Manju Rani also produced an equally dominating performance to defeat Uttarakhand’s Kavita …

A tactically superior Sarita Mor bagged the 59kg title with a commanding victory over comeback-girl Geeta Phogat on a day when established names such as Divya Kakran and Sakshi Malik bit the dust at the National Wrestling Championship here on Friday. Sarita entered the event fresh from her World bronze medal-winning performance while struggling but strong Pooja Dhanda needed to …

Ravinder took the men's freestyle 61kg silver medal, while Bipasha reached the women's 76kg final to assure India of another medal in the World junior wrestling championships on Wednesday. Among women, Simran, Sito, Kusum and Arju will fight their respective bronze medal matches. READ: Ravinder reaches final; Baliyan, Deepak win bronze Ravinder, who made it to the final on Tuesday, …

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Delhi Govt Hasn't Given Promised Prize Money, Says Youth Olympics Silver Medallist Simran's Father

Youth Olympics silver medal-winning wrestler Simran is still waiting for the prize money that she claims was promised by Satyendra Jain, the Delhi Health Minister, in 2018. In July this year, when Simran shared her concern on social media, she immediately got a call from the government officials that she would get money in August. I tried to make Chief …

Youth Olympic Medal Winning Wrestler Simran Awaits Prize Money to Start Training

2018 Youth Olympics silver medal winning wrestler Simran is yet to receive the prize money that she claims was promised by Satyendra Jain, the Delhi Health Minister. Simran was one of nine silver-medallists from country at Buenos Aires 2018 in which the Indian contingent had also won two golds and one bronze. In a video, Simran appealed to the Delhi …