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Sakshi Malik brings India’s first Olympic medal at Rio Olympics

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Ms. Sakshi Malik, wrestler of Northern Railway, India, won bronze medal in Women’s 58 kg category, at the Rio Olympic Games-2016, Brazil on August 17, 2016.
Ms. Sakshi Malik, wrestler of Northern Railway, India, won bronze medal in Women’s 58 kg category, at the Rio Olympic Games-2016, Brazil on August 17, 2016.

New Delhi, Aug. 18 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Indian Railways’ Employee Sakshi Malik brings India’s first much awaited Olympic medal at Rio Olympics 2016 when she won the Olympic Bronze medal in 58 kg category women’s freestyle wrestling. Sakshi Malik also created history by becoming the first ‘women wrestler’ from India to bag an Olympic medal, in Brazil on August 17, 2016.

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