Indian wrestler Nisha Dahiya won silver medal in Asian Wrestling Championship

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Indian wrestler Nisha Dahiya won the silver medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships on April 13, 2023 in Astana, Kazakhstan. 

An Overview of the News

• In the women's 68 kg category, Nisha lost the final match to Japan's Ami Ishii by a scoreline of 10-0.
• Nisha defeated Feng Zhou of China by a score of 7-6 in the semi-finals.
• Indian wrestler, Priya Malik won the bronze medal in the 76 kg category of the tournament against Japan's Mizuki Nagashima in the repechage round.
• The Asian Wrestling Championships is an annual wrestling competition organised by the Asian Wrestling Federation (AWF).
• The championships consist of men's freestyle, men's Greco-Roman and women's freestyle wrestling events.
• The first Asian Wrestling Championship was held in 1979 in Tehran, Iran.

About Kazakhstan: 

• It is a Central Asian country that was once a part of the Soviet Union. It became an independent nation in 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
• The country is the ninth largest country in the world by land area, stretching from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Altai Mountains in the east.
• The capital of Kazakhstan is Nur-Sultan, which was renamed from Astana in 2019. It is a modern city known for its futuristic architecture.
• Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan and an important cultural and economic centre. It was the capital of Kazakhstan until 1997 when the government was moved to Astana.