Statements about Indian Athletics:
1. Milkha Singh was the first Indian athlete to win an individual Commonwealth Games gold medal.
2. At Moscow 1980 Olympics PT Usha miss a bronze in 400m hurdles by one hundredth of a second at age 20.
3. The National Institute of Sports is located in Pune.
Which of these statements are correct?
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Only 1 is Correct.
Statement 1 is true: Milkha Singh won India's first individual Commonwealth gold in the 440-yard race in 1958. Statement 2 is incorrect because PT Usha missed the bronze by 0.01 seconds at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, not Moscow 1980; also, she was 20 in 1984. Statement 3 is incorrect because the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NIS) is located in Patiala, Punjab, not Pune. Thus, only the first statement accurately reflects historical facts.