HISTORY

Sports & Games 

ISSF World Shooting Championships 2023 

  • 53rd ISSF World Shooting Championships 2023 held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
  • Esha Singh and Shiva Narwal won the mixed air pistol gold.
  • India is second on the medals table in the World Championship. 

Note

  • It also serves as a qualification event for 2024 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling U20 World Championships

  • The World U20 Wrestling Championships 2023 held in Amman, Jordan.
  • Antim Panghal becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to win back-to-back U20 world titles as she defended her 53kg crown.
  • Savita (62kg) too crowed herself a world champion as the Indian women team won the team title at a world championship for the first time in the history of sport.
  • Priya Malik had won the 76kg title.
  • In a phenomenal result for Indian wrestling, seven wrestlers from the country won medals, including three gold medals, one silver and three bronze.

Note

  • Panghal had become first Indian woman grappler last year to win a junior world championship title.
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