Sports GK MCQs

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Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir won the gold medal in badminton mixed doubles in the 2016 Summer Olympics. The badminton tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil took place from 11 to 20 August.

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The United States of America ranks first in the FIBA Basketball Women’s World Ranking.

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The 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships will be held in Busan, South Korea from 28 February to 7 March 2021.

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Gao Ning and Yu Mengyu won the gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Oxenford Studios on the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5 to 15.

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Albatrosses have been scored in important golf tournaments. An albatross, also called a double eagle, is a score of three-under-par on a single hole. This is most commonly achieved with two shots on a par-5 but can be done with a hole-in-one on a par-4.

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Inbee Park won the gold medal in golf women’s individual at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was held in August at the new Olympic Golf Course. The 2016 Summer Olympics was the first time golf had been played at the Olympics since the 1904 Summer Olympics and featured two events: the men’s and women’s individual events.

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Clinching is a form of trapping or a rough form of grappling and occurs when the distance between both fighters has closed and straight punches cannot be employed. In this situation, the boxer attempts to hold or “tie up” the opponent’s hands so he is unable to throw hooks or uppercuts.

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Puroresu is the predominant style of professional wrestling that has developed in Japan. The term comes from the Japanese pronunciation of “professional wrestling”. Growing out of origins in the traditional US style of wrestling, it has become an entity in itself. Japanese pro wrestling is distinct in its psychology and presentation of the sport.

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Sambo is a Soviet martial art, an internationally-practised combat sport, and a recognized style of amateur wrestling included by UWW in the World Wrestling Championships along with Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling.

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China won the most number of gold medals in the World Weightlifting Championships.