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New Delhi hosted the first Asian Games in 1951 and the ninth Asian Games in 1982.
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Asian Games gold medalist Ronjan Sodhi on Sunday grabbed the top slot in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) world rankings.
in 1970 Kamljit Sadhu.
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Which is the only Indian city to have hosted Asian games till date
The first US gold medalist in the Modern Olympics was James Connolly in the triple jump in the 1896 Games in Athens.
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The first individual medalist representing India was Norman Pritchard who won silver in the 200 meter dash and 200 meter hurdles in the 1900 Olympics in Paris. Pritchard was of British descent and moved to England permanently in 1905. The first individual medalist of Indian descent from India was Khashaba Jadav who won bronze in Men's Freestyle Bantamweight wrestling at the 1952 Games in Helsinki.
11 Countries Participated in first Asian Games