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Correct Answer :   Parul Chaudhary

Indian athlete Parul Chaudhary finished at the eleventh position in the 3000 meters steeplechase final of the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest in Hungary on Monday (28th August 2023). 

However, Parul broke the national record by marking the clock at 9:15.31 in the World Athletics Championships and qualified for the Paris Olympics 2024.

Brunei athlete Winfred Mutile Yavi clinched the gold medal with a clock mark of 8:54.29, Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech won silver with her season-best clock of 8:58.98 and another Kenya athlete Faith Cherotich achieved her personal best mark of 9:00.69, winning bronze.

Parul wins hearts with her performance at #World #Athletics Championships🤩

The NCOE @SAI_Bengaluru Camper unfolds a new chapter as she breaks the National Record & gives her PB time of 9:15.31s in Women's Steeplechase Event.

She finished 1⃣1⃣th but with her time Qualified… pic.twitter.com/icsJ6Hblue

— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) August 27, 2023

Correct Answer :   India

The Indian men's 4x400 metres relay team comprising of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh ended in the fifth position in the 4x400 metres relay race final at the World Athletics Championships 2023.

* The Indian team marked the clock at 2:59.92.

🇮🇳4x400m Relay team finishes 5th at World Athletics Championships

This is India's best finish in Relay event at World Championships

Time: 2.59.92 ✨#WorldAthleticsChamps #Budapest2023 pic.twitter.com/GaU9TYPpVi

— Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) August 27, 2023

* The USA relay team of Quincy Hall, Vernon Norwood, Justin Robinson, and Rai Benjamin won finished first and won the gold with a clock mark of 2:57.31.

* France clocked mark at 2:58.45 and bagged silver while Great Britain claimed bronze with the clock mark of 2:58.71.

* In the qualifying stage, the Indian relay team started off with Muhammed Anas Yahiya in the sixth place after the first run. But Amoj Jacob's superb run stormed India to second place. Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi and Rajesh Ramesh shattered the Asian record as they clocked an astonishing 2:59:05s.

* The previous record was held by Japan of 2:59:51s..

Source : Outlook India

Correct Answer :   Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen of the Red Bull team has won the Dutch Grand Prix Formula One race for the third consecutive year.

With this, Verstappen has also equaled Sebastian Vettel's all-time record of nine consecutive F1 wins.

The race was held on August 27, 2023 at Zandvoort Circuit in Netherlands. At the same time, Fernando Alonso of the Aston Martin team was second in the race.

Correct Answer :   Neeraj Chopra

Neeraj Chopra made history by winning the gold medal in the men's javelin throw (88.17 meters) event at the World Athletics Championships 2023 held in Budapest, Hungary.

* He became the first-ever Indian athlete to achieve this feat, marking a significant milestone for Indian athletics.

* Neeraj faced tough competition, notably from Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who secured the silver medal with a commendable throw of 87.82 meters.

* Neeraj's gold medal not only added a prestigious achievement to his personal record but also contributed to India's medal tally at the World Athletics Championships. This win marked his second medal at the Championships, with a previous silver medal to his name.

* Neeraj's success was celebrated across India. His father expressed immense pride, and there were plans for celebratory events upon Neeraj's return to India. His achievement was seen as a proud moment for the country..

Source : Money Control

Correct Answer :   India

Indian women's visually impaired team won the T-20 final of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) World Games 2023 at Birmingham.

* The Indian team defeated Australia by nine wickets in the rain-interrupted match.

* The Indian men's blind cricket team lost to Pakistan in the IBSA World Games final to settle for a silver medal.

* Cricket for the visually challenged made its debut in the International Blind Sports Federation World Games in 2023.

Source : India Times

Correct Answer :   HS Prannoy

In badminton, India's ace shuttler HS Prannoy had to settle for a bronze medal as he registered a loss to Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the semifinals of the ongoing Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships in Denmark,  26th August 2023.

Prannoy went down to world number three and three-time Junior champion Vitidsarn by 21-18, 13-21, 14-21. Prannoy had stormed into the semi-final of the BWF World Championships after defeating World Number 2 and the defending champion Viktor Axelsen at Kuala Lumpur on Friday (25th August 2023).

With this win, World Number 7 Prannoy assured a bronze medal for India by beating the home favourite Axelsen in three games 21-13, 15-21, 16-21.This is India's 14th medal at the World Championships.

This includes one gold, four silvers and nine bronze medals. China is the most successful team in the tournament's history, with 196 medals, including 69 gold, 48 silver and 79 silvers. The BWF World Championships 2023 are being held from August 21 to 27 in Copenhagen, Denmark..

Sports : AIR

Correct Answer :   Magnus Carlsen

The Norwegian chess grandmaster, Magnus Carlsen, won the Chess World Cup Final 2023 title for the first time, after defeating India's chess grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa in a tie-breaker.

* R Praggnanandhaa (18) was the youngest World Cup finalist ever and the youngest World Cup winner.

* He managed to secure the Silver medal after defeating Hikarua Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana.

* He also became the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to enter the Chess World Cup final.

Correct Answer :   Amanpreet Singh

Indian shooter Amanpreet Singh won the gold medal in the Men’s 25 metre standard pistol shooting event at the ISSF World Championship 2023 in Baku.

* South Korea's Gunhyeok Lee had to settle for silver  while France's Kevin Chapon secured a bronze.

* In the Women’s 25-meter Standard Pistol shooting event, Tiyana, Yashita Shokeen, and Kritika bagged bronze.

* The two medals on the day took India’s tally in the Championship to nine - five gold and four bronze medals..

Source : AIR

Correct Answer :   Honey Dabas and Rahul Jograjiya

In a historic first, Indian powerlifters, Honey Dabas and Rahul Jograjiya, bagged gold and silver medals to open the Dubai 2023 World Para-Powerlifting Championships on Tuesday (22nd Aug 2023).

Dabbas clinched the nation’s first-ever gold with lifts of 132 kg and then 135 kg, displaying amazing grit, determination, and strength.

Meanwhile, Jograjiya followed his compatriot to secure the silver medal with a final lift of 132 kg in the fiercely-contested men’s 72 kg junior weight category.

Day 1 - Dubai 2023 WPPO C’ships ️History was made as Honey Dabbas wins first ever GOLD for India at a World C’ships with a lift of 135kg in men’s -72kg junior category.

Day 1 - Dubai 2023 WPPO C'ships 🏋️🇦🇪

History was made as Honey Dabbas wins first ever GOLD 🥇🇮🇳 for India at a World C'ships with a lift of 135kg in men's -72kg junior category.

Rahul Jograjiya 🥈follows with SILVER with successful lift of 132kg. #parapowerlifting #Dubai2023 pic.twitter.com/keNmHiCUdc

— Paralympic India 🇮🇳 (@ParalympicIndia) August 22, 2023

Dabas was ecstatic after his victorious show and thanked his support staff for their continuous support and efforts.

“My next goal is to win a medal at the Paralympics. I will be competing another year in the junior, hoping to make it to the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics,” said the Delhi-based Dabas who also expects to qualify for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games," he said.

Dabas has two gold medals from the Dubai 2022 Fazza World Cup.

Correct Answer :   R. Praggnanandha

R Praggnanandhaa beat Arjun Erigaisi on Thursday (17th August 2023) to become the first Indian since Viswanathan Anand in 2002 to reach the semifinals of a Chess World Cup.

Praggnanandhaa, the 18-year-old from Chennai, beat his compatriot in sudden death after the tie-breaker turned into a series of seemingly interminable draws after the two classical games had failed to throw up a winner earlier this week.

Praggnanandhaa will now face American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana, the third seed, in the semifinals of the 2023 FIDE Chess World Cup quarterfinals in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Top seed Magnus Carlsen will be in the other semifinal. Earlier in the tournament, second seed Hiraku Nakamura had been eliminated by Praggnanandhaa himself.

No Indian had reached the last four stage of the FIDE World Cup since Viswanathan Anand won the first two editions of the tournament in 2000 and 2002.

A very exciting quarterfinal match between Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi finally concludes, after 7 tiebreak games, with Praggnanandhaa emerging as the winner and moving on to face Fabiano Caruana in the semifinals. #FIDEWorldCup

📷 Stev Bonhage pic.twitter.com/DBPGbPSyBa

— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) August 17, 2023

The 2023 FIDE World Cup has been a special one for India, even for reasons other than Pragg's semifinal entry. There were three Indian Grandmasters who lost in the quarterfinals, as India became the first country other than Russia to have four GMs in the last four of a single edition of the World Cup. Gukesh lost his quarterfinal to Magnus Carlsen and Vidit Gujrathi lost to Azerbaijan's Nijat Abasov..

Source : The Bridge