Indian wrestler, Narsingh Pancham Yadav, earns an Olympic berth.
Q. For the first time, an Indian wrestler has earned an Olympic berth with a World Championship Medal. Name him.- Published on 15 Sep 15a. Narsingh Pancham Yadav
b. Arvind Pancham Singh Yada
c. Uday Chand
d. Sushi Kumar
ANSWER: Narsingh Pancham Yadav
Narsingh Pancham Yadav bagged a bronze medal at the Men’s 74 freestyle category securing a berth for the 2016 Rio Games. He was the only Indian to win a medal at the tournament. Double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar has been absent for a year and Narsingh has now attained the change to represent India in the 74 kg division. In his semifinal bout, Narsingh went down to Unurbat Purevjav of Mongolia For the bronze medal play-off, he got his act together to outplay Zelimkhan Khadjiev of France 12-8 to make it to the podium.
