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How many gold medals did P.T. Usha win in the 1986 Seoul Asian Games?
A
1
B
2
C
3
D
4
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -From 1983–89, Usha garnered 13 golds at ATF meets. In the 10th Asian Games held at Seoul in 1986, Usha won 4 gold medals and 1 silver medal in the track and field events. She also won five gold medals at the 6th Asian Track and Field Championship in Jakarta in 1985.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nicknamed the ‘Payyoli Express’, PT Usha set the track ablaze at the 1986 Asian Games, winning four of the five gold medals India won that year along with a silver. A three-time Olympian, PT Usha broke the Asian Games record in four events (200m, 400m, 400m hurdles and 4 x 400m relay) at the Seoul 1986 Games.

Detailed explanation-3: -The moment Usha’s gold medals came in the 200m, 400m, 400m hurdles and the 4x400m relay, while she had to settle for silver behind Lydia de Vega of Philippines in the 100m, losing the race by a wafer-thin margin.

Detailed explanation-4: -She won all the four gold in the 1986 Seoul Asian Games–200m, 400m, 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay–and also bagged a silver in the 100m.

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