CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. On 10 January 2019, Birendra Prasad Baishya was named as Chef de Mission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He is the President of the Indian Weightlifting Federation (WIF). It is for the first time that the sport of weightlifting was accorded with honour of Chef de Mission for the Olympic Games.

Detailed explanation-2: -India name Chef de Missions for Commonwealth and Asian Games 2022. Rakesh Anand and Bhupender Singh Bajwa will be India’s Chef de Mission for the Commonwealth Games 2022 and Asian Games 2022, respectively.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Games are scheduled to be held in British city from July 28 to August 8, 2022 Team India will compete in 15 sporting disciplines as well as four disciplines in the para-sports category. Rajesh Bhandari, vice president of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), is the Chef de Mission of the squad.

Detailed explanation-4: -Francesca Carter-Kelly commented: “I am honoured to have been appointed as Chef de Mission for the Victoria 2026 Games cycle having held the role of Deputy at Birmingham 2022, our most successful Games ever.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.