Financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh to wrestler Nikhil Yadav

Hyderabad: Telangana wrestler Nikhil Yadav got a big boost when he got financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh to pursue his dream, on Friday. Nikhil had won bronze medal in the under-17 category at the World Wrestling Championship, held in Italy recently. A cheque for Rs 1 lakh has been handed over to the wrestler […]

Hyderabad: Telangana wrestler Nikhil Yadav got a big boost when he got financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh to pursue his dream, on Friday.

Nikhil had won bronze medal in the under-17 category at the World Wrestling Championship, held in Italy recently.

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A cheque for Rs 1 lakh has been handed over to the wrestler by Delhi Public School chairman Malka Komaraiah, Malka Yashaswi and Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) chairman A Venkateshwar Reddy.

The 17-year-old wrestler is pursuing intermediate second year and is training at the JSW’s Inspire Institute of Sports, Bannihatti, Karnataka.