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Which Indian track athlete, nicknamed the 'Flying Sikh', narrowly missed an Olympic bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 1960 Rome Olympics and later inspired a Bollywood biopic?
Answer: Milkha Singh — Milkha Singh clocked 45.73 seconds in the 400m final at the 1960 Rome Olympics, missing bronze by just 0.1 seconds in what remains one of Indian athletics' most memorable performances.
- A Milkha Singh ✓
- B P.T. Usha
- C Sriram Singh
- D Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
Milkha Singh clocked 45.73 seconds in the 400m final at the 1960 Rome Olympics, missing bronze by just 0.1 seconds in what remains one of Indian athletics' most memorable performances.