India recorded best ever performance in 2019 World Wrestling Championships:
India won a total of 5 medals in the World Wrestling Championships. It is recorded as their best-ever medal haul in an edition of World Wrestling Championships.
Indian winners:
Deepak Punia won silver in men`s 86kg category
Ravi Kumar won bronze in men`s 57kg category
Rahul Aware won bronze in men`s 61kg category
Bajrang Punia won bronze in men`s 65kg category
Vinesh Phogat won bronze in the 53kg women`s category
2019 World Wrestling Championships:
The 2019 World Wrestling Championships was held from 14 Sep 2019 to 22 Sep 2019 at Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. The tournament served as qualification for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The top 6 wrestlers from each category had earned their National Olympic Committees (NOCs) a qualification.
###England woman wicket-keeper Sarah Taylor retires from International Cricket:
England wicket-keeper Sarah Taylor called time on her international career, a statement from the England Cricket Board.
Sarah Taylor
She made her England debut in 2006. She scored 6,553 international runs is second on England Women`s all-time list of run-scorers. Taylor was also a magnetic keeper behind the stumps creating waves with her innovative methods that led her to 232 dismissals, the most in women`s cricket. She previously goes on an indefinite break from cricket after the 2016 World T20 in India before returning for the 2017 World Cup.
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Mayank Vaid becomes first Indian to complete Enduroman triathlon:
- Mayank Vaid becomes the first Indian to complete the Enduroman. It is a triathlon from England to France which is considered to be one of the toughest endurance competitions in the world. He is the 44th person in the world to have completed this triathlon. He is also the first Asian person to complete this triathlon in solo capacity.
- He also broken the record for the shortest time taken to complete the Enduroman Arch to Arc triathlon. He completed the triathlon involving running, swimming and cycling. The time duration is around in 50 hours and 24 minutes. The previous record for this triathlon was 52 hours and 30 minutes. It is held by Julien Deneyer of Belgium.
- The triathlon starts with a 140 km run from London’s Marble Arch to Dover on the Kent coast, then a cross-Channel swim (shortest distance 33.8 km) to the French coast, and finishes with a 289.7 km bike ride from Calais to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
- This is the longest point to point triathlon in the world. Only 44 persons have completed it so far. More people have climbed Mt. Everest. It is truly the toughest and most brutal triathlon in the world.
- The difficulties he faced in the course of his record run.The swim and bike sections were really hard. Especially going sleepless for more than 50 hours. The most challenging part is when a swimmer starts to see the French coast and that’s when the mind plays games.
###Ranveer Duggal, aged 15 from Chandigarh, clinched bronze medal in IBSF World U-16 Snooker Championship 2019 in Tyumen, Russia:
In the International Billiards Snooker Federation’s (IBSF) World Under-16 Snooker Championship 2019 held in Tyumen, Russia, Ranveer Duggal, aged 15 from Chandigarh, clinched bronze medal. He is a student of IX standard at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, Chandigarh.IBSF World U-16 Snooker Championship 2019i. He was the youngest player at the age of 6 to play in national pool championship in Ludhiana, Punjab in 2011.
ii. He was also trained by his grandfather Rakesh Duggal and he is the son of Late Sandeep Duggal, a former national champion.
25th Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships for 2019 held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia:
The 25th Edition of Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships for 2019 was held at Buyant Ukhaa Sport Complex in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from September 2-7, 2019. It was organized by the Mongolian Table Tennis Association under the authority of Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU). Indian team clinched 2 silver medals.
Key Points:
i. New Delhi’s Payas Jain lost to top seed and World No. 1 Yuanyu Chen of China by 4-0 in the finals and settled for silver. With this achievement, he made it into the Asian squad which will participate in the World Cadet Challenge at Wladyslawowo, Poland in October 2019.
ii. The Indian boys team settled for a silver medal after losing the final 0-3 to top seed China. With this, they qualified for the World Junior Championships to be held at Korat, Thailand in November 2019.
iii. India’s Raegan Alburquerque lost to Xu Yingbin, Manush Shah lost to Xiang Peng and Anukram Jain lost to Liu Yebo.
About ATTU:
Founded: May 7, 1972
Headquarters: Beijing, China.
###Bajrang Punia won a bronze medal at the World Wrestling Championships:
Bajrang Punia bagged the bronze medal in the World Wrestling Championships.
He defeated Mongolia`s Tulga Tumur Ochir 8-7 to clinch the medal in the 65 kg weight category.
The wrestler was trailing to win in the match.
The 25-year-old had secured a spot for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after an impressive 8-1 win over North Korea`s Jong Son in the tournament.
Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian wrestler to qualify for the upcoming global games.
He booked her place in the 53kg category. She bagged back-to-back gold medals in the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.
In the 2018 Asian Games, she clinched a gold medal in the 50kg category.
World Wrestling Championships
World Wrestling Championships are the Amateur Wrestling World Championships organized by the United World Wrestling.
The Men`s Greco-Roman Wrestling tournament began in 1904, and the Men`s Freestyle Wrestling tournament began in 1951.
The Women`s Freestyle championships were first staged in 1987.
Worlds highest marathon was held in Ladakh:
The eighth edition of Ladakh Marathon was held in Leh town, Jammu Kashmir. More than 6,000 runners from different parts of India and 25 foreign countries participated in the marathon. It was sponsored by Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC).
The full marathons were jointly flagged off by the Chief Executive Councillor of LAHDC, Leh Gyal Phunchok Wangyal and Additional District Development Commissioner Mozes Kunzang. The half marathon was flagged off by Dilbag Singh, J&K Director General of Police. The 7-km-long Run for Fun was flagged off by Lt Genl YK Joshi, GoC of 14 Corp of the Army.
Highest marathon:
All four categories marathon are held at over 11, 000 feet above the mean sea level. This marathon is known as the highest marathon in the world.
The 4 categories of Ladakh Marathon are 72-km Ultra Khardungla Challenge, 42-km full and 21-km half marathon and 7-km long Run for Fun.
Ladakh Marathon:
Ladakh Marathon is held in Leh, J&K. It was first held in 2012. The 7th edition of the Ladakh Marathon was held in 2018. The 9th edition is to be held in 2020. It will be a qualifying race for the Abbot World Marathon Majors. The marathon has got international recognization.
The marathon was held with an aim to foster the national spirit and to encourage sport in Ladakh.
Winners:
72-km Ultra Khardungla Challenge:
Ladakh Scouts Regimental Centre (LSRC) clinched all the top three position of the world highest 72-km Ultra Khardungla Challenge.
1) Shabir got the first position and clocked 06:53:34
2) Stanzin Norboo stood second and clocked 06:53:39
3) Rigzin Norboo stood on the third position with a timing of 06:54:31
Full Marathon:
Women category:
1) Jigmet Dolma of Egoo village stood the first position
2) Tsetan Dolkar of Lamayuru village stood the second position
3) Namgyal Lhamo of Dhomkhar village stood the third position
Men category:
1) Shabir Hussain stood the first position
2) Jigmet Nurboo stood second position
3) Manzoor Hussain stood the third position
Half Marathon:
Women category:
1) Tashi Ladol stood first position
2) Stanzin Chondol stood second position
3) Diskit Dolma stood the third position
###Ranveer Duggal, aged 15 from Chandigarh, clinched bronze medal in IBSF World U-16 Snooker Championship 2019 in Tyumen, Russia:
In the International Billiards Snooker Federation’s (IBSF) World Under-16 Snooker Championship 2019 held in Tyumen, Russia, Ranveer Duggal, aged 15 from Chandigarh, clinched bronze medal. He is a student of IX standard at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, Chandigarh.IBSF World U-16 Snooker Championship 2019i. He was the youngest player at the age of 6 to play in national pool championship in Ludhiana, Punjab in 2011.
ii. He was also trained by his grandfather Rakesh Duggal and he is the son of Late Sandeep Duggal, a former national champion.
25th Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships for 2019 held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia:
The 25th Edition of Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships for 2019 was held at Buyant Ukhaa Sport Complex in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from September 2-7, 2019. It was organized by the Mongolian Table Tennis Association under the authority of Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU). Indian team clinched 2 silver medals.
Key Points:
i. New Delhi’s Payas Jain lost to top seed and World No. 1 Yuanyu Chen of China by 4-0 in the finals and settled for silver. With this achievement, he made it into the Asian squad which will participate in the World Cadet Challenge at Wladyslawowo, Poland in October 2019.
ii. The Indian boys team settled for a silver medal after losing the final 0-3 to top seed China. With this, they qualified for the World Junior Championships to be held at Korat, Thailand in November 2019.
iii. India’s Raegan Alburquerque lost to Xu Yingbin, Manush Shah lost to Xiang Peng and Anukram Jain lost to Liu Yebo.
About ATTU:
Founded: May 7, 1972
Headquarters: Beijing, China
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