Which of the following athlete - sport pairings is incorrect for Indian gold medalists at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China?

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Correct — D, 'Annu Rani — 100 m Sprint (Women)'. Annu Rani is a javelin thrower, not a sprinter. At Hangzhou she won gold in the women's javelin throw with a best of 62.92 m, becoming the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games javelin title. India won no gold in the women's 100 m at these Games, so the event attached to her name is wrong on both counts.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Correctly paired, so not the answer. Toor won the men's shot put gold at Hangzhou, successfully defending the title he had won at Jakarta 2018.  (b) Correctly paired, so not the answer. Sable won the men's 3000 m steeplechase gold and broke the Asian Games record in the process.  (c) Correctly paired, so not the answer. Parul Chaudhary won the women's 5000 m gold in 15:14.75, having already taken silver in the women's 3000 m steeplechase at the same Games.

Concept: The 19th Asian Games were held at Hangzhou, China, from 23 September to 8 October 2023 — a year later than scheduled because of COVID-19, which is why the same Games are branded 'Hangzhou 2022' on official material. India returned its best-ever performance: 107 medals (28 gold, 38 silver, 41 bronze), crossing the 100-medal mark for the first time and finishing fourth behind China, Japan and South Korea. Athletics was the single biggest contributor with 29 medals, six of them gold.

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