Who became the first women swimmers to qualify for the Olympics?

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 4 July 2021

Who became the first women swimmers to qualify for the Olympics?

A. Suhita Verma

B. Mana Patel

C. Sanjana Mehs

D. Sushma Jain

Explanation:

Maana Patel became the first Indian female swimmer to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics through the ‘Universality quota’. The Universality quota allows one male and one female competitor from a country to participate in the Olympics, provided no other swimmer from the same gender qualifies for the Games or receives a FINA invite based on his or her Olympic Selection time (B time).

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