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India started their 2023 Asian Under 20 Athletics Championships campaign by winning three medals, including two gold, on the opening day in Yecheon, South Korea yesterday.

* Rezoana Mallick Heena and Bharatpreet Singh kicked off their campaigns by clinching gold medals in women’s 400-meter race and men’s discus throw respectively.

* The sprinting sensation Henna clocked 53.31 seconds to take the top position on the podium in women's 400 meter.

* Having won the U18 Asian Athletics Championships title earlier this year, Rezoana is now the 400m reigning Asian champion in both the U18 as well as U20 categories.

* Bharatpreet Singh attained a distance of 55.66 meter with his third attempt to be crowned the men's U20 Asian Champion in the discus throw field.

* Antima Pal won India’s third medal of the day, a bronze, in the women’s 5,000-meter race with a time of 17 minutes and 17.11 seconds..

Source : AIR

Correct Answer :   Abhinav Shaw and Gautami Bhanot

Abhinav Shaw and Gautami Bhanot, teamed up in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event to give India their second gold of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Junior in Suhl, Germany, with a 17-7 win over the French pairing of Oceanne Mueller and Romain Aufrere in the gold medal match on Sunday (4th June 2023).

As per a press release from the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), the Indian pair had qualified second to the French pair but turned the tables on them in the final. India now has two golds, one silver and one bronze from the world cup after two days of competition.

India won two more medals on the day, a silver and a bronze, coming in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event through the pairing of Sainyam and Abhinav Chaudhary and Suruchi Inder Singh and Shubham Bisla respectively.

While the former duo went down 12-16 to the Korean pair of Kim Juri and Kim Kanghyun in the gold medal match, the latter won their bronze medal match over Uzebkistan's Nigina Saidkulova and. Mukhammad Kamalov 16-14 in what was a nail-biter..

Source : ANI

Correct Answer :   Amlan Borgohain

Top Indian sprinter Amlan Borgohain bagged two gold medals, one each in the men's 100 and 200-meter races at the Flanders Cup 2023 athletics meet, known as the International Antwerp Athletics Gala, in Merksem, Belgium.

Borgohain clocked 10.70 seconds to emerge as the fastest man of the meet. He holds the 100-meter national record of 10.25 seconds.

In the 200 meter, the 25-year-old Borgohain clocked 20.96 seconds to emerge winner ahead of Hofman 21.42 and Jamaica's Samuel Rowe 21.88.

Meanwhile, Sapna Kumari finished behind Belgium's Amber Vanden Bosch in the women's 100m hurdles after clocking 14.10, in what was a two-woman field..

Source : AIR

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Correct Answer :   Jyothi Yarraji

Jyothi Yarraji bagged the gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdles event in the T-Meeting 2023 athletics meet, in Tilburg, the Netherlands, on Monday (29th May 2023).

* In the category E World Ranking competition the 23-year-old clocked 13.20s in the final to secure victory in the event.

* Jyothi Yarraji topped the heats with a time of 13.08s as she made her way to the final.

* "Angel Agwazie" of Belgium clinched the silver medal as she clocked 13.64s.

* While the Dutch athlete "Mira Groot" clocked 13.78s to bag the bronze.

* With this, Jyothi won her second gold medal in a span of two days. The Andhra runner clinched the first gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdles event at the Kurpfalz Gala 2023 athletics meet, in Weinheim, Germany on Saturday.

* In Germany, she managed to clock a season-best time of 12.84s. She was just 0.02 seconds off her own national record in the final to medal at the World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger meet.

* Earlier this month, the Indian athlete clocked 12.89s at the Federation Cup 2023 in Ranchi to make the cut for the Asian Athletics Championships, which is scheduled in Thailand this July.

* She also managed to finish fourth in the women’s 100m heats at the T-Meeting 2023 with a timing of 11.76s. However, she did not participate in the finals.

* India’s Sapna Kumari finished fourth in the heats of the women’s 100m hurdles event but didn’t start in the final.

* Meanwhile, Mohammed Afsal Pulikkalakath clocked 48.43s to win a bronze medal in the men’s 400m event at the Tilburg meet.

* The 27-year-old athlete has a personal best of 48.22, which he clocked in Thenhipalam, Kerala in 2022..

Source : ANI

Correct Answer :   India

India has won the title of NSC-CAVA Women’s Volleyball Challenge Cup 2023 held in Kathmandu.

* India won the title by defeating Kazakhstan in the final at the National Sports Council’s Covered Hall in Tripureshwor, Kathmandu, on Sunday (28th May 2023).

* India defeated Kazakhstan in a shared set of 3-0. India won the first set 25-15, the second set 25-22, and the third set 25-18. Along with this, India finished the competition by remaining undefeated.

* The event was organised by the Nepal Volleyball Association and is supported by the NSC, eight nations participated in it.

* In the competition, Kazakhstan became the runner-up, Nepal third, Uzbekistan fourth, Sri Lanka fifth, Kyrgyzstan sixth, Maldives seventh, and Bangladesh eighth..

Source : AIR

Correct Answer :   Uttar Pradesh Hockey

Uttar Pradesh Hockey won the 13th Hockey India Sub Junior Men National Championship 2023 (28th May 2023) after defeating the Hockey Association of Odisha in the Final at the iconic Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium, Odisha.

* Meanwhile, Hockey Haryana beat Hockey Madhya Pradesh to finish third in the competition.

* Uttar Pradesh Hockey won the tournament by defeating the Hockey Association of Odisha 7-1.

* Ujjwal Pal converted three penalty corners, while Rahul Yadav , Ketan Kushwaha  Rahul Rajhbar  and Team Captain Ajeet Yadav each scored a goal to secure their victory.

Source : AIR

Correct Answer :   Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has defeated defending champions Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets to win its 5th IPL title.

The final match of IPL 2023 was held at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on May 29, 2023.

IPL 2023 awards :

Orange Cap (Highest Run-Scorer) : Shubman Gill (GT) 890 runs

Purple Cap (Leading Wicket-taker) : Mohammed Shami (GT) 28 wickets

Most Valuable Player : Shubman Gill

Emerging Players : Yashasvi Jaiswal

Fairplay Award : Gujarat Titans.


IPL Winners List 2008 to 2023 : IPL Winners List (2008 to 2023) has been listed below for the readers along with the runner up and the venues.

Correct Answer :   HS Prannoy

India's world No.9 shuttler H.S. Prannoy clinched his maiden BWF World Tour title 2023 after beating Weng Hong Yang of the People's Republic of China 21-19, 13-21, 21-18 at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament, here on Sunday (28th May 2023).

With the win, Prannoy secured his first men's singles title in more than six years, marking a significant achievement in his career. He had previously clinched the title at the 2017 US Open, which was a part of the BWF Grand Prix, the precursor to the current BWF World Tour.

Playing his first final of the year Prannoy and Yang went toe-to-toe early on in the first game. As the game progressed, both shuttlers battled to gain the upper hand. With the scores tied at 16-16, the Indian raised his game and went one game up in the match.

Prannoy, however, failed to carry the momentum in the second game as the Chinese rallied to take an 11-9 lead into the midway break. Later, he won six consecutive points and pocketed the second game to force a decider.

In the deciding game, the Indian got off to a slow start as he trailed 2-5 early on but made a solid comeback to tie the score at 9-9. With the score reading 18-all, Prannoy dug deep and closed out the match with three back-to-back points to win the BWF Super 500 event.

He had previously clinched the title at the 2017 US Open.

Women's singles : Akane Yamaguchi

Men's Double : Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae

Women's doubles :  Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee

Mixed doubles : Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai

Source : Odisha TV