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You can verify that by matching the question papers and e-Dristi contents from yourselves. 1 http://www.edristi.in/ National Neeraj Chopra wins gold medal in javelin, first athletics medal in Olympics Question-Who is become the second Indian to win an individual gold in the Olympics? (a) Neeraj Chopra (b) Mary Com (c) Satish Kumar (d) Vikas Krishnan Ans. (a) Related Facts- . Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra became only the second Indian to win an individual gold in the Olympics on 7 August. The 23-year-old farmer’s son from Khandra village near Panipat in Haryana produced a second round throw of 87.58m in the finals to stun the athletics world and end India’s 100- year wait for a track and field medal in the Olympics. Chopra won the country’s seventh medal and first gold in this Olympics and joined shooter Abhinav Bindra (2008 Beijing Games) as India’s individual gold winners in the showpiece. Czech Republic throwers Jakub Vadlejch (86.67m) and Vitezslav Vesely (85.44m) took the silver and bronze respectively. No Indian has won a medal in athletics since the country started taking part in the Games in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. Reference- https://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/neeraj-chopra-wins-gold-medal-in- javelin-first-athletics-medal-in-olympics/article35784502.ece. August 7 to be marked as ‘Javelin Throw Day’ to honour Neeraj Chopra Question : Which date will be marked as ‘Javelin Throw Day’ to honour Neeraj Chopra? (a) August 7 (b) August 8 (c) August 9 (d) August 6 Answer : (a) Related Facts: . As the javelin thrower bagged the gold medal in men’s javelin throw at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on August 7,2021. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) decided to name August 7 as ‘Javelin Throw Day’ in India to honour Neeraj Chopra’s first historic Olympic gold. The javelin thrower bagged the gold medal in men’s javelin throw at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on August 7. The 23-year-old Neeraj is India’s second individual Olympic gold medallist after Abhinav Bindra. The javelin thrower has scripted history at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo when he threw the javelin to a distance of 87.58m to end India’s medal drought in athletics at the Olympics. This is India’s first-ever gold medal in athletics in the history of the Olympics. 2 http://www.edristi.in/ Reference : https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/afi-to-celebrate-august-7-neerajs- olympic-gold-winning-day-as-national-javelin-day/article35834538.ece WORLD ATHELATICS RANKING 2021 Q. As per the World Athletic Ranking 2021, which Athlete hold the 1st rank? a) Johannes Vetter b) Neeraj Chopra c) Damian Warner d) Ronnie Baker ANSWER:- a) RELATED FACTS:- . Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra has accomplished number 2 rank in the World Athletics ranking after his sensational show in the Tokyo Olympics. Neeraj Chopra has been ranked second with a score of 1315. The 23-year-old athlete is only behind German athlete Johannes Vetter who has a 1396 score as per the latest update issued by World Athletics. Neeraj Chopra created history on August 7 as he became India’s first athlete to win a gold in track and field in the Olympics. He threw the javelin to a distance of 87.58m to win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The star athlete’s historic golden throw in the Olympics has been listed as one of the 10 magical moments of athletics (track and field) in the Tokyo Olympics by the World Athletics. LINK https://www.livemint.com/news/india/neeraj-chopra-achieves-number-2-spot-in-world- athletics-rankings-11628738737356.html PV Sindhu wins bronze medal Question : PV Sindhu won bronze medal in Tokyo Olympics 2021. She is associated with which sport? (a) Tennis (b) Baseball (c) Badminton (d) Weightlifting Answer : (c) Related Facts: . PV Sindhu defeated He Bing Jiao in straight games to clinch the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games and become the first Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals. Sindhu defeated He Bing Jiao 21-13 and 21-15 in the bronze medal match. She was clinical throughout the contest and didn’t give her opponent any chance in the match. She had suffered a heart-breaking loss to world no.1 Tai Tzu Ying in the semi-final on Saturday. Sindhu lost the semi-final 18-21, 12-21. She is the recipient of the sports honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, and India’s fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri. She was also honoured with Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in India, in January 2020. 3 http://www.edristi.in/ . About : . She was born in Nirmal, Telangana while Vijaya hails from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. Reference: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-olympics/tokyo-olympics-2021- live-updates-pv-sindhu-india-vs-great-britain-hockey-olympic-games-tokyo-2021 Mirabai Chanu created history, India got silver in the Olympics Question : Who won India’s first medal in Tokyo Olympics 2020 that created remarkable history? (a) Mirabai Chanu (b) Karnam Malleswari (c) Renu Bala Chanu (d) Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu Answer: (a) Related Facts: Mirabai Chanu created history by winning silver medal in weightlifting on 24th July 2021 This is India’s first medal in Tokyo Olympics. Mirabai Chanu has won silver medal in weightlifting. Mirabai Chanu was at number two after Snatch. After this, Mirabai Chanu managed to lift 110 kg in her first attempt of clean and jerk. Mirabai secured the second position in the 49kg category. However the gold of this event has been won by Jihoi Hou of China. Key Notes: Mirabai is the second woman from India to win a medal in weightlifting. Earlier, Karnam Malleswari had won a bronze medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Mirabai secured the second position with a total weight of 202. In snatch, Mirabai lifted 89 kg in second attempt and 115 kg in second attempt in clean and jerk. In the second attempt, Mirabai Chanu was successful in lifting 115 kg. However, she failed in the third attempt and had to be satisfied with the silver medal. Mirabai Chanu was born in remote Manipur Chanu also got interested in weightlifting after considering Imphal’s weightlifter Kunjrani as an inspiration. Reference : https://olympics.com/en/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=essence- paid&utm_campaign=google_cpc_long-tail_bau_hybrid_engl Ravi Kumar Dahiya won Silver Medal in Wrestling at Tokyo Olympics 2020 Question- Which of the following wrestler has won the silver medal in Tokyo Olympics 2020? (a) Ravi Kumar Dahiya (b) Saurav Gujar (c) Riknu Singh Rajput (d) Virendra Singh Ans. (a) Related Facts- 4 http://www.edristi.in/ . Ravi Kumar became the second Indian wrestler to clinch an Olympic silver after losing his 57kg final to Russian two-time defending world champion Zavur Uguev. This is India’s second silver and fifth medal overall at the Tokyo Olympics. Ravi Kumar joined the legendary Sushil Kumar to become only the second Indian wrestler to win an Olympic silver. Sushil had settled for silver in the 2012 London Olympics. Ravi is the fourth Indian male wrestler, and fifth overall, to win a medal at the Olympics. His medal also marks the fourth consecutive medal for India at the Olympics in wrestling. Reference- https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=174279. Vandana Katariya, First Indian Woman To Score An Olympic Hat-trick Question : Who became the first Indian Woman To Score An Olympic Hat-trick in Tokyo Olympics 2020? (a) Vandana Katariya (b) Gurjit Kaur (c) Rani Rampal (d) Brianna Decker Answer : (a) Related Facts: . Vandana Katariya became the first Indian woman hockey player to score an Olympic hat- trick as India beat South Africa by 4-3 at the Oi Hockey Stadium in Tokyo . Vandana scored in the first, second, and fourth quarters of India’s last match in Pool A of the Tokyo Olympics to etch her names in the history books.