Navya Naveli Nanda heaps praise on Indian women at Asian Wrestling Championship
Navya Naveli Nanda heaps praise on Indian women at Asian Wrestling Championship
Navya Naveli Nanda took to social media to praise Indian women wrestlers who won medals at the Asian Wrestling Championship. She also shared photos of the women wrestlers.
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Navya Naveli Nanda praised Indian women wrestlers who won medals at Asian Wrestling Championship.
Navya Naveli Nanda took to social media to bring the stories of success of Indian women at Asian Wrestling Championships to light as she feels that they are being ignored due to Indian Premiere League (IPL) and various football leagues. She shared pictures of all the women wrestlers who won accolades for the nation at the ongoing championship. Navya also wrote about the achievements of these wrestlers.
Navya Naveli Nanda says amid IPL, women wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Anshu Malik, Sarita Mor not given their due To these incredible women - We are watching you. We support you. And we salute you! read a par of Navya s Instagram post. Photo credit : Instagram
Updated: Apr 20, 2021, 09:27 AM IST
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and veteran actor-politician Jaya Bachchan s granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda on Monday took to her Instagram handle to hail the women wrestlers who brought honour to the country by winning gold medals at the Asian Wrestling Championship.
In her post, Navya mentioned that with the nation busy watching IPL and football leagues, the women wrestlers who soared to greater heights and achieved big in the last week, did not get their due coverage/reporting and so, she took it on her to bring these achievements and women to light.
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Olympic-bound wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Anshu Malik have made India proud. The champions have won their maiden Asian Championship titles on Friday. The 26-year-old Vinesh grappler from Haryana came close to winning the title thrice but could only manage to finish second.
By the way, Phogat has always lost summit in clash with Japanese or Chinese wrestlers. But there was no chance to loose this time in the absence of the Chinese and Japanese rivals. In the meanwhile, teenage sensation Anshu Malik won her maiden Asian Championships gold medal. The 19-year old Anshu stand out with her progressive performance in the senior circuit in 57kg. She won final 3-0 with her confidence and was never really troubled by Mongolia s Battsetseg Altantsetseg, except for a double-leg attack. The teenage camp keeping her lead intact for gold. Earlier in the day, Vinesh won a bronze in the Delhi edition of the Continental championship last year.
On Friday, In the Asian Wrestling Championships in Almaty Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat clinched gold medal. Let us share that it was her seventh podium finish at the Asian Championships as the Tokyo-bound star showcased her class. Alon with that another achievement is of teenage sensation Anshu Malik, who had won her Olympic quota a few days back at the event, won her maiden Asian Championships gold medal. There was no stopping Vinesh in the absence of the Chinese and Japanese rivals as she cruised to the title without losing a point in the 53kg category.
For your information let us share that Vinesh has notched up seven podium finishes at the Asian meet over the years, including three silver medals before this edition. Divya Kakran (72kg) while Sakshi Malik (65kg) settled for a silver medal, a performance which should boost her confidence after enduring a long wretched run. India has a rich haul of seven medals from the women s event as the country won four gold, a silver and two