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A)
Parul Chaudhary
B)
Jyothi Yarraji
C)
Srabani Nanda
D)
Santhi Soundarajan

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Parul Chaudhary

Long-distance runner Parul Chaudhary has won the fifth gold for India in the ongoing Asian Athletics Championships 2023 in Bangkok.

The 28-year-old has obtained a huge lead at the fag end of the event to clinch the 3000m Steeplechase event in the women’s category. She leapfrogged her Chinese counterpart Xu Shuangshuang and finished the event in 9 minutes 38.76 seconds.

There’s clear daylight between her and Shuangshuang as the latter finished her run in 9 minutes 44.54 seconds.

Representing India, both Chaudhary and Priti fought for the top spot, but the latter missed the bronze by a whisker as Japan’s Yoshimura Reimi eclipsed her by 0.02 seconds, sealing the third place.

Yoshimura completed her run in 9 minutes and 48.48 seconds.

For the past three months, Parul has opted for “high-altitude training”, a type of endurance training for athletes to better their performance and ability to perform a task for a longer duration.  

She has trained in Colorado Springs, US, a site which is a go-to option for American middle-distance runners and steeplechasers. The base if situated at an altitude of 1,800m above sea level.

It’s good news that the triumphant athlete’s hard work has yielded success.


Source : Outlookindia

A)
Shardul Thakur
B)
Yashasvi Jaiswal
C)
Ishan Kishan
D)
Shubman Gill

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Yashasvi Jaiswal

Yashasvi Jaiswal has become the 17th India batter to score a century on Test debut, and the first to do so outside Asia in more than 21 years.

The 21-year-old reached the milestone on the second afternoon of the Dominica Test, bringing it up with a standing sweep for a single off the part-time bowling of fellow debutant Alick Athanaze.

Jaiswal opened the batting alongside captain Rohit Sharma, with Shubman Gill moving down to the No. 3 spot vacated by Cheteshwar Pujara's axing. When he reached his hundred, off 215 balls, India were 205 for no loss after they had bowled West Indies out for 150 on day one.

"It was an emotional moment for me," Jaiswal said after the day's play. "I enjoyed it quite a bit. I am still batting so I will try to play for as long as possible. This is just the start of my career, so now it will be about how focused and disciplined I can be going forward.


"My effort [on the third day] will just be on how I can give a good start to the team. I will just focus on my process and trust on what I have practiced. I just have to go and keep playing."

Jaiswal has shown a remarkable appetite for runs in every format he has played. When he was called up for this West Indies tour as part of an India side picked with an eye on the future, he had scored 1845 first-class runs at an average of 80.21, with nine hundreds in just 26 innings. His List A career of 32 games already includes a double-hundred. And he was the fifth highest run-getter in IPL 2023, with his 625 runs coming at a strike rate of 163.61. Jaiswal has now brought that appetite to Test cricket.

Earlier, Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw have achieved this feat as openers of the Indian team. With this, he has become the 17th Indian to score a century in Test debut. The first Indian batsman to score a century on Test debut was Lala Amarnath, who achieved this feat in 1933..

Source : Espncricinfo

A)
Achinta Sheuli
B)
Satish Shivalingam
C)
Shubham Todkar
D)
Jeremy Lalrinnunga

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Shubham Todkar

India’s Shubham Todkar and Popy Hazarika won the gold medals in the men’s 61kg and women’s 59kg categories, respectively. T Madhavan, meanwhile, bagged a silver medal in the men’s 67kg event.

In the Thursday (13th July 2023) morning session, India’s Shubham Todkar topped the podium in the senior men’s 61kg with a total lift of 259kg (115kg snatch + 144kg clean and jerk).

Shubham Todkar finished first ahead of Sri Lanka’s Kamal Deshappriya Egodawatte, who lifted a total of 238kg (108kg snatch + 130kg clean and jerk). David Mok of Singapore bagged the bronze with a combined lift of 198kg (90kg snatch + 108kg clean and jerk).

Later, Popy Hazarika won India’s second senior gold medal of the day. The 24-year-old, who won a silver medal at the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, upgraded her medal’s colour to gold after lifting 189kg (84kg snatch + 105kg clean and jerk).

Popy Hazarika beat Malta’s Tenishia Thornton, who finished second with a total lift of 186kg (82kg snatch + 104kg clean and jerk). The third place went to Anneke Spies of South Africa, who lifted a total weight of 185kg (80kg snatch +105kg clean and jerk). A total of six lifters competed in the senior women’s 59kg category.


In the final event of the day, T Madhavan settled for silver in the men’s 67kg category. The Indian, who was also competing at the junior category, lifted a total weight of 268kg (125kg snatch + 143kg clean and jerk) to finish second.

Samoa’s Vaipava Nevo Ioane won the senior gold medal with a total lift of 280kg (120kg snatch + 160kg clean and jerk). The final podium place was bagged by Titus Ika of Nauru with a combined lift of 262kg (100kg snatch + 152 clean and jerk)

With three medals won on Thursday, India’s total medals count in the senior category rose to eight. Indian weightlifters had clinched a total of five medals, three golds and two silvers, on the opening day of the event on Wednesday (12th July 2023).  

On Friday, N Ajith (73kg) and Ajay Singh (81kg) will be in action in the men’s events while Harjinder Kaur (71kg) will compete in the women’s category..

Source : Olympics

A)
Hima Das
B)
Srabani Nanda
C)
Santhi Soundarajan
D)
Jyothi Yarraji

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Jyothi Yarraji

Jyothi Yarraji opened India’s gold medal account in the Asian Athletics Championships 2023 by winning the women’s 100m hurdles race and clinching her maiden top finish in a major international event here on Thursday (13th July 2023).

The 23-year-old Yarraji clocked 13.09 seconds to win the final race ahead of two Japanese runners Terada Asuka (13.13s) and Aoki Masumi (13.26s) on a rain-drenched track at the Supachalasai Stadium.

Yarraji’s national record stands at 12.82 seconds.

On Wednesday (12th July 2023), Abhishek Pal had opened India’s medal account with a bronze in men’s 10,000m race..

Source : The Print

A)
Virat Kohli
B)
Harry Brook
C)
Shubman Gill
D)
Wanindu Hasaranga

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Wanindu Hasaranga

The International Cricket Council (ICC) 11th July 2023 announced the winners of the ICC Player of the Month awards for June 2023.

The ICC Men’s Player of the Month award goes to Sri Lanka’s record-breaking spinner Wanindu Hasaranga, who was instrumental in his side’s successful ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier campaign.

The ICC Women’s Player of the Month prize goes to Australia’s star all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner following a memorable performance in the first Women’s Ashes showdown, making her the first to win three ICC Player of the Month awards, having also won in December 2022 and February 2023..

Source : ICC Cricket

A)
Pune
B)
Chennai
C)
Bangalore
D)
Delhi

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Pune

India’s top table tennis league Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) tournament is being organized at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune this year (2023) under the aegis of the Table Tennis Federation of India after a gap of four years.

The league round-robin will be held between the 13th and the 27th of July.

The semifinals will be held on the 28 and the 29th of July and the final will be held on the 30th of July.
 
The Ultimate Table Tennis league consists of six teams. There are 36 players in total with six from each team - four Indian players and two International players.

Each team will play five matches.

India’s ace table tennis player Sharath Kamal is participating in the UTT league.

He will be leading the Indian team to the 26th Asian Championships to be held from the 3rd to the 10th of September this year in South Korea.

Source : AIR

A)
Krishna Nagar
B)
Nishad Kumar
C)
Pramod Bhagat
D)
Sumit Antil

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Nishad Kumar

India's Nishad Kumar has clinched a silver medal in ongoing Para Athletics World Championships 2023 in Paris.

Nishad bagged this medal in the High Jump T47 Event.

With this win, Nishad has become the second athlete at this event to grab a medal.

The top-four ranked athletes at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in each of the individual medal events qualify for the 2024 Paralympic Games, also to be held in Paris..

Source : AIR

A)
Eldoz Paul
B)
Avinash Sable
C)
Selva Prabhu Thirumaran
D)
Murli Sreesankar

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Selva Prabhu Thirumaran

Indian triple-jumper Selva Prabhu Thirumaran became the first Indian to be named the "Asian Under-20 Male Athlete of the Year" by the Asian Athletics Association.

* Selva had won a silver medal at the World U20 Athletics Championships in Colombia last year (2022). Selva was given the award during the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Asian Athletics Association in Bangkok.

* Indian triple-jumper Selva Prabhu Thirumaran on Monday (10th July 2023) became the first Indian ever to be named "Best Asian Under-20 Male Athlete of the Year" by Asian Athletics Association (AAA).

* Selva, 18, won silver at the World U20 Athletics Championships in Colombia last year, the latest in a series of international podium performances by India's jumpers.

* Selva received the award during the AAA's 50th anniversary celebration in Bangkok, where the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships are due to begin on Wednesday (12th July 2023).


Who is Selva Prabhu?

Selva, from a farming family in Madurai, is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in English Literature in Trichy. He was described as a "soft-spoken, hardworking boy who's fully dedicated to the sport" by C. Latha, secretary of the Tamil Nadu Athletic Association.


What is his career's biggest achievement?


His historic silver last year at the World U20 Athletics Championships in Colombia, where he produced a best jump of 16.15m..

Source : ESPN

A)
Jyotsna Sabar
B)
Asmita
C)
Aarti Sinha
D)
Komal kohar

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Jyotsna Sabar

India has won three gold medals so far in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2023, which began 12th July 2023 at the Gautam Budh University, Greater Noida.

Athlete Jyotsna Sabar has clinched gold in 40kg Youth Category, Asmita in 45kg Youth & Junior Category, and Komal Kohar in 45kg Senior category.

As many as 253 weightlifters, including 52 Indians, are competing across the senior, junior and youth categories in the five-day tournament.

The tournament will also serve as a test run for the prestigious AWF Asian Junior and Youth Weightlifting championship, slated to begin later this month. India is hosting the tournament for the second time, having successfully organised it in Pune in 2015..

Source : AIR

A)
Nihal Singh
B)
Vaibhav Sinha
C)
Mridul Saxena
D)
Rudransh Khandelwal

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Rudransh Khandelwal

Indian para-shooters Rudransh Khandelwal and Nihal Singh achieved outstanding success at the World Shooting Para Sport (WSPS) World Cup in Osijek, Croatia.

Rudransh, a 16-year-old, set a new world record in the P4 Mixed 50m pistol SH1 category, scoring 231.1 in the final, securing the gold medal.

Nihal finished second with a score of 222.2. Rudransh surpassed the previous world record held by Khel Ratna awardee Manish Narwal, who won gold at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.


In addition, other Indian participants Francis Rubina and Rahul Jakhar reached the final, with Rubina finishing fifth and Jakhar placing sixth.

Avani Lekhara, India's Paralympic gold medalist in the R2 10M Air Rifle SH1 category, finished sixth in the R3 Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 event.


Swaroop Unhalkar secured a gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 event with a score of 245.9, defeating Csaba Rescsik of Hungary by a slim margin of 0.9 points..

Source : Times of India