India’s Kajal Dochak won a gold medal at the U-20 World Wrestling Championships

Current Context: U-20 World Wrestling Championships 2025 was held in Samokov, Bulgaria from August 17–24, 2025, featuring freestyle, Greco-Roman, and women’s wrestling.

 

🥇 Gold:

• Tapasya Gahlawat – Women’s 57kg
• Kajal – Women’s 72kg

🥈 Silver:

• Sumit Malik – Men’s 57kg
• Reena – Women’s 55kg
• Priya Malik – Women’s 76kg
• Srishti – Women’s 68kg

🥉 Bronze:

• Shruti – Women’s 50kg
• Saarika – Women’s 53kg
• Suraj Vashisht – Greco-Roman 60kg

Team Rankings:

• India secured 2nd place in Women’s Team Standings, behind Japan.
• USA dominated Men’s Freestyle, with golds by Luke Stanich (65kg), PJ Duke (70kg), Marcus Blaze (61kg), Max McEnelly (86kg), and Justin Rademacher (97kg).

Question:

Q.1 Which Indian wrestler won gold in the Women’s 57kg category at the U-20 World Wrestling Championships 2025?
a) Reena
b) Priya Malik
c) Tapasya Gahlawat
d) Srishti

Answer: c) Tapasya Gahlawat clinched gold in Women’s 57kg, one of India’s two gold medals.