New Delhi: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday felicitated the medal-winning Indian wrestlers with cash awards for their best-ever performance in the just-concluded World Championships at Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
With one silver and four bronze medals, Indian wrestlers bettered their previous best performance at a World Championship which came in 2013, when the country won one silver and two bronze.
Deepak Punia was handed a cheque of Rs 7 lakhs for winning the silver medal in men's 86 kg, while the four bronze winners - Bajrang Punia (men's 65 kg freestyle), Vinesh Phogat (women's 53 kg), Rahul Aware (men's 61 kg) and Ravi Dahiya (men's 57 kg) were given Rs 4 lakhs each.
Four of the five medal winners - Deepak, Bajrang, Vinesh, and Ravi - also earned Olympic quotas in the process. Rahul won a bronze in men's 61kg, which is not an Olympic event.