With India finally starting to pay heed to sports other than Cricket, players in almost every sport are shining day after day.
Another good news after Mirabai Chanu’s Silver at Tokyo Olympics comes from the World Cadet Wrestling Championships in Budapest.
Teenage wrestler Priya Malik’s earned a Gold at the World Cadet Wrestling Championships and made Indians proud.
Priya Malik defeated Kseniya Patapovich 5-0 in the final and won a gold in the women’s 73kg weight category and she gave India, another reason to smile.
Malik is a student of Choudhary Bharat Singh Memorial School who hails from Jind in Haryana. Malik’s father Jayabhagwan Nidani is an Indian army veteran.
Malik has been a consistent winner. In 2019, she won gold at the Khelo India Games in Pune. She also won in the New Delhi National School Games. In 2020, Priya won two titles, at the national cadet championships and the school games.
