CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Dattu Bhokanal is an Indian rower and an Indian Army Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) who was qualified for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nashik-born Bhokanal, who trains at the Army Rowing Node (ARN) in Pune, was on course for a gold medal finish as he was leading the five-man field till the 1, 500 metre mark but Korean Dongyong Kim (07 minutes, 5.13 secs) overtook him at the final stretch.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 2016 Olympic Games at Rio was a watershed one for India as for the first time in Olympic history, their medal haul was enriched only by its female athletes with PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik claiming historic podiums on their Games debut.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 120 athletes include 32 members of Indian men’s and women’s hockey team. Apart from them, 36 athletes will represent India in Athletics (track and field events) category alone. Indian will be competing across 15 events at Rio Olympics.

Detailed explanation-5: -India was ranked 67th in the medals tally at the Rio Olympics, 2016. Rio Olympics was held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It had the motto-A new world. A total of 207 countries participated in the event.