Indian women’s kabaddi team’s fifth gold medal at 5th Asian Beach Games!
Q. Indian women’s kabaddi team on 28th Sept 2016 bagged which medal at the 5th Asian Beach Games?- Published on 30 Sep 16a. Gold
b. Silver
c. Bronze
d. Fourth Place
ANSWER: Gold
Indian women’s Kabbadi team on 28th Sept 2016 bagged a gold medal at the 5th Asian Beach Games.
- In the summit clash played at Danang in Vietnam, the team defeated Thailand 41-31
- This was the fifth gold in succession for the Indian team
- The team has been giving stellar performance and winning a gold medal since the biennial games were first held in 2008
- This also marks the fifth time in the row that India won over Thailand in the final
- Indian men’s beach kabaddi team won silver losing to Pakistan 28-30
- The Indian team has won gold in men’s cabbed in 2008 and 2010
- In Kurash, a form of wrestling originated in Uzbekistan, Amisha Tokas won silver in women’s 70kg category after losing to Nguyen Thi Lan of Vietnam in the final
- In beach bodybuilding, Manoj Kumar Majumdar won a bronze in up to 158cm category
- India has won a total of 6 medals- one gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze, making it 15th in the medals tally headed by Vietnam (25 gold medals, 22 silver and 27 bronze).