General Awareness Updates – August 2014

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General Awareness Updates – August 2014

After winning three medals in the ISSF World Cups in Munich and Slovenia recently, in-form Indian shooter Jitu Rai achieved the world number one ranking in air pistol event.  The 27-year-old armyman from Lucknow is the seventh Indian shooter to have achieved this feat. Anjali Bhagwat, Rajyavardhan Rathore, Gagan Narang, Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Ronjon Sodhi and Heena Sidhu are the others to have claimed the numero uno position in their respective events.


MOTORRACING

Canada Grand Prix|

Winner: Daniel Ricciardo (Australia/Red Bull Racing)

Second: Nico Rosberg (Germany/Mercedes)

Third: Sebastian Vettel (Germany/Red Bull Racing)

Austria Grand Prix

Winner: Nico Rosberg (Germany/Mercedes)

Second: Lewis Hamilton (Britain/Mercedes)

Third: Valtteri Bottas (Finland/Williams-Mercedes)


TENNIS

2014 French Open, Roland Garros

Men’s Singles

Winner: Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Runner-up: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Women’s Singles

Winner: Maria Sharapova (Russia)

Runner-up: Simona Halep (Romania)

Men’s Doubles

Winners: Julien Benneteau / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France)

Runners-up: Marcel Granollers / Marc Lopez (Spain)

Women’s Doubles

Winners: Hsieh Su-wei (Taiwan) / Peng Shuai (China)

Runners-up: Sara Errani / Roberto Vinci (Italy)

Mixed Doubles

Winners: Anna-Lena Gronefeld (Germany) / Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands)

Runners-up: Julia Gorges (Germany) / Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia)




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