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?
Only 1 is Correct
Statement 1 is correct: Milkha Singh, known as the Flying Sikh, was the first Indian athlete to win an individual gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, achieving this in the 440 yards event at the 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games.
Statement 2 is incorrect: PT Usha missed the bronze medal in the 400m hurdles by one-hundredth of a second at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, not the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Statement 3 is incorrect: The National Institute of Sports (Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports) is located in Patiala, Punjab, not Pune.
Hence, the answer is only statement 1 is correct.
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