GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Vikas Gowda is an Indian discus thrower and Shot putter . He is the national record-holder for discus throw and is probably one of the the most consistent Indian athletes. He was born in Mysore in 1983 and raised in USA.

Detailed explanation-2: -He won his first gold medal in Asian Championships in 2013 in Pune, with a throw of 64.90 meters. He won the discus throw event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, which made him the second Indian man to win a Commonwealth gold medal, 56 years after Milkha Singh.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vikas Gowda is the Indian discus thrower who hurled himself into Indian athletics stardom, gracing four Olympic Games before his retirement in 2018. Born in Mysore on 5th July 1983, Vikas Gowda moved to Maryland in the United States when he was six years old.