CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Sudha Singh’s biggest achievement came in 2010 with the introduction of women’s 3000m steeplechase at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. Sudha Singh clocked 9:55.67 and pipped home-favourite Jin Yuan for the gold medal.

Detailed explanation-2: -Neeraj Chopra became India’s first-ever gold medalist in athletics. He won the gold medal in the javelin throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with the best winning throw of 87.58 metres. Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic took second place, and Vitezslav Vesely took home the bronze.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha, or PT Usha, is, perhaps, best known for her incredible run at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. As agonising as missing out on an Olympic medal by a mere 1/100th of a second was, LA is often considered the coronation of India’s ‘queen of the track and field’.

Detailed explanation-4: -After Abhinav Bindra, Neeraj Chopra is the second individual Olympic champion.

Detailed explanation-5: -He might have dominated the continental stage-his back-to-back gold medals at the 1958 and 1962 Asian Games a testament to this-but one race that Milkha Singh fondly remembers is the one where he turned out to be a gallant loser, finishing fourth at the Rome 1960 Olympics.