On social media, video of two Wrestler is going viral. While sharing the video users claim “Dubai: The final of the women’s wrestling championship was won by a Pakistani wrestler. He mocked the Indian women watching the match and challenged them to fight, then Tamil Nadu’s Kavitha Vijayalakshmi took up the challenge, defeating the Pakistani wrestler twice! Enjoy watching.”
This video has been shared by many other users. Which can be seen by clicking here, here, here and here.
Fact Check
On investigation, DFRAC found a video on YouTube channel of CWE India’s uploaded on 16 June 2016 titled “KAVITA accepted the open challenge of BB Bull Bull.
Furthermore, we also found a report from DNA published on 30 Sept 2017 Stating “India’s first professional female wrestler BB Bulbul was knocked down by former Haryana police officer, power-lifting and MMA champion Kavita during a duel at the Continental Wrestling Entertainment (CWE) centre in Jalandhar (Punjab).
Moreover, we also found a video on Facebook page of PTC Punjabi with Caption “watch inspiring story of BB Bulbul (Sarabjit Kaur), India’s first female pro-wrestler.
Conclusion
It is evident from the DFRAC’s fact check that this video is from 2016 and not from the recent the Women’s Wrestling Championship held in Dubai. Therefore, the claim of social media users is misleading.
