Indian Junior Wrestler Antim Wins Historic Gold in World Junior Wrestling

A 17-year-old wrestler, Antim has become the first Indian girl to win gold at World Junior Wrestling. She squashed Kazakhstan's Altyn Shagayeva 8-0 to make history in the last.

Indian Junior Wrestler Antim Wins Historic Gold in World Junior Wrestling
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Antim, the 17-year-old grappler, turned out to be the first Indian young lady to win world junior wrestling gold. She secured the gold award in the Women's 53kg category in Sofia, Bulgaria.

She squashed Kazakhstan's Altyn Shagayeva 8-0 to make history in the last. She stepped up her predominance all through the competition as she previously crushed the European boss, Olivia Andrich, by specialized prevalence (11-0) and afterward struck Japan's Ayaka Kimura inside a moment. Ukraine's Natalie Klivchutska simply barely figured out how to wrestle the full six minutes with Antim yet was outmatched no different either way in an 11-2 loss. 


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Antim becomes the first Indian girl to win gold in World Junior Wrestling 

Antim got the medal after an extreme testing venture. Notwithstanding, with unrestricted help from the family, she figured out how to enroll her name on the global wrestling stage.

In August 2004, Ram Niwas Panghal and his significant other Krishna Kumari were honored with their fourth youngster. The couple, living in the town of Bhagana in the region of Hisar, Haryana, as of now had three girls by then. Hence, they named their fourth youngster - Antim, meaning last. In 2004, it represented the craving not to have any more young lady kids.

In spite of the fact that Antim's dad, Ram Niwas could have not really thought about it prior to naming his girl yet on August 19, she turned into the principal Indian young lady to win a gold decoration at the Junior World Championships in the 34-year history of the opposition.