Read the below statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark the correct options: Assertion (A): Jeremy Bujakowski was the first Indian to compete at the Winter Olympics, participating in the 1964 and 1968 Games. Reason (R): India did not participate in the Winter Olympics for 20 years after Bujakowski's era.
Both A and R are true, but R does not explain A.
Both A and R are true, but R does not explain A. is correct.
Assertion is true: alpine skier Jeremy Bujakowski became the first Indian to compete at the Winter Olympics at Innsbruck 1964 and competed again at Grenoble 1968.
Reason is true: after 1968 India did not send athletes to the Winter Games of 1972, 1976, 1980 or 1984, and returned only at Calgary 1988, a gap of 20 years.
But the Reason does not explain the Assertion: India's later absence is not why Bujakowski was the first Indian Winter Olympian. Both are true, but R does not explain A.
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