India's P.U. Chitra won gold medal in women's 1500m at Folksam Grand Prix 2019 held in Sollentuna, Sweden.
a. P.U. Chitra
b. P.U. Krishnan
c. P.U. Menon
d. P.U. Iyer
Details:
- She produced the best time of her season so far by clocking 4 minute 12.65 seconds (4:12.65s).
- Chitra finished first in Folksam Grand Prix ahead of Kenya's Mercy Cherono, who won 5000m gold in Commonwealth Games 2014.
- She is also a gold medal winner in Asian Championships held in Doha, Qatar in April 2019.
Other Indian performances:
- Jinson Johnson from India won silver medal in men's 1500m at Folksam Grand Prix by clocking 3:39.69
- He is also Asian Games gold medalist and has earlier bettered his own national record on 15 June by clocking 3:37.62 at Next Generation Athletics Meet at Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Other Indian performance at another event:
- In another separate competition, National record holder Murali Sreeshankar won gold in men's long jump, at the Copenhagen Athletics Games in Denmark.
- He won with an impressive opening round effort of 7.93m and equalled his season-best effort which came in Lyon, France.
- In other rounds, he also had jumps of 7.89m, 7.88m and 7.61m.
About the Folksam Grand Prix:
- It is a series of international athletics meetings created in 2009.
- Since then it is organized every year in Sweden by the Swedish Athletics Federation.
Question:
Q. Which Indian athlete has won gold medal in women's 1500m at Folksam Grand Prix 2019 held in Sollentuna, Sweden?a. P.U. Chitra
b. P.U. Krishnan
c. P.U. Menon
d. P.U. Iyer
