CURRENT AFFAIRS

2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Legendary Indian player Keshav Datt, who won two Olympic gold, has passed away. He was a veteran player of which sports?
A
Football
B
Hockey
C
Badminton
D
Wrestling
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Keshav Datt was a member of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1948 London Olympics .

Detailed explanation-2: -Wrestler Sushil Kumar became the first Indian with multiple individual Olympic medals (bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics) since independence. Saina Nehwal won a bronze medal in badminton in Women’s singles, winning the country’s first Olympic medal in badminton.

Detailed explanation-3: -Option 3 is the correct answer: Indian Men’s Hockey team won its first Olympic gold medal in 1928. Indian hockey team won a gold medal at the Amsterdam Olympics in 1928 against the Netherlands.

Detailed explanation-4: -Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian to win an individual Olympics gold medal when he won the gold in the 10-metre Air rifle event at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

Detailed explanation-5: -After playing in the 1928 and 1932 Olympic Games, Chand captained the Indian team at the 1936 Games in Berlin, scoring three goals in the 8–1 defeat of Germany in the final match.

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