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Detailed explanation-1: -Gomathi Marimuthu won India’s first gold medal of the Asian Athletics Championships 2019, finishing the 800m final with a personal best timing of 2:20.70s and Tajinder Singh Toor followed it up with a gold in men’s shot put.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kamaljit Sandhu is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games Gold medal in the 400 m race.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is fourth. India finished fourth in the tournament, with 17 medals (3 Gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze). The 23rd Asian Athletics Championships were held at Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar in 2019.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kamaljeet Sandhu is a female Indian athlete who won gold medal at 1970 Bangkok Asian Games in 400 m race. She ran the distance in 57.3 seconds. She was the first Indian woman athlete to win gold medal at any Asian games. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-5: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Fourth. The 23rd edition of the Asian Athletics Championship was held in Doha, Qatar in 2019 in which 595 athletes from 43 nations participated. It was a 4-day long event.