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Detailed explanation-1: -Dutee Chand (born 3 February 1996) is an Indian professional sprinter and current national champion in the women’s 100 metres event. She is the first Indian to win a gold medal in 100m race in a global competition.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sachin Nag won the 100m freestyle swimming event to record India’s first gold medal at the Asian Games. The Mr Asia of 1951, a men’s physique competition, was also held as a non-medal event during the First Asian Games.

Detailed explanation-3: -His name might not have the same lustre or renown now, but for a generation gone by Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav was a star they adored and wanted to emulate. KD Jadhav would go on to become the first Indian to win an Olympic medal. But his journey to the Olympic podium was anything but easy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct answer is Kamaljit Sandhu. Kamaljeet Sandhu is a female Indian athlete who won a gold medal at the 1970 Bangkok Asian Games in the 400 meter race. She ran the distance in 57.3 seconds. She is the first Indian woman athlete to win an individual gold medal at the Asian Games.

Detailed explanation-5: -(OMC). She is only the third Indian woman to have ever qualified for the women’s 100-meter race at the Olympics. Her 11.69 seconds in the preliminary round of the 2016 Summer Olympics, however, did not allow her to advance. At the Asian Games in Jakarta in 2018, Chand won silver in the women’s 100-meter event.