Asian Indoor Athletics Championships: Tajinderpal Singh Toor clinches gold in shot put
Kazakhstan, February 11: India’s current national record holder Tajinderpal Singh Toor, clinched a gold medal with a personal indoor best of 19.49 m at the ongoing Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2023 held in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Toor is an Asian Games gold medalist (2018), outdoor Asian champion (2019). He won a silver medal in the last edition of the championships in Tehran back in 2018 with a throw of 19.18 m.
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Toor committed a foul in his first attempt, but made the winning throw of 19.49 m in his third and fifth attempts to clinch his first-ever gold in the championships.
Karanveer Singh was the only other athlete to cross the 19 m mark and finished second with the best throw of 19.37 m. Ivan Ivanov of Kazakhstan came through with a throw of 18.10 to capture bronze.
Praveen Chitravel, India's national triple-jump champion clinched a silver medal with a leap of 16.98 m, a new national indoor record. Olympian Fang Yaoqing from China won the gold with a leap of 17.20 m and South Korea's Yu Gyumin claimed bronze with 16.73m. India's Arun AB earned a 12th-place finish among 15 competitors with a leap of 14.12 m.
Meanwhile, Swapna Barman, Asian Games gold medalist in heptathlon, clinched a silver medal in the women's pentathlon event and had an overall point tally of 4,119, another new national indoor record.
Muhammed Anees Yahiya finished ninth with the best jump of 7.48 m and failed to make it to the final, which features eight men and will be held on Sunday.
Jyothi Yarraji, India's indoor national record holder in women's 60 m hurdles, failed to produce outstanding results in 60 m sprint heats and finished 10th with a timing of 7.47.
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The championships will conclude on Sunday.
- ANI
