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2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who won India’s first ever bronze in the table tennis at the Asian Games 2018?
A
Soumyadeep Roy and Harmeet Desai
B
Subhajit Saha and Mouma Das
C
Harmeet Desai and Subhajit Saha
D
Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is 69. India’s final tally at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia. 69 medals – 15 gold, 24 silver and 30 bronze to surpass the medal count from the 2010 Games in Guangzhou, China and match the gold medal tally from the first-ever Asian Games in 1951.

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: -PT Usha ended her glorious career as the most successful Indian athlete at the Asian Games, with 11 medals – four golds and seven silvers. India’s best medal count came at the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta. India won a record 70 medals.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first medal came for India when shooters Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar won bronze in the mixed rifle event.

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