Bangkok (Thailand), July 14 (Ians) Indian shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor and runner Parul Chaudhary clinched the gold medals at the ongoing Asian Athletics Championships 2023, here on Friday.
Tajinderpal heaved his best throw of the day on his second attempt to retain his continental title. He started with 19.80m and followed it up with 20.23m. However, he did not go for the rest of his four attempts and limped out of the event with a groin injury.
On the other hand, Mehdi Saberi of Iran bagged the silver medal with a 19.98m throw while Kazakhstan’s Ivan Ivanov claimed the bronze with 19.87m.
The 28-year-old Toor has participated in seven competitions in 2023, winning gold medals in all of them. The Indian also won the gold medal at the last edition of the Asian championships held in Doha four years ago. He claimed a silver at the 2017 edition held in Bhubaneswar.
Tajinderpal,...
Tajinderpal heaved his best throw of the day on his second attempt to retain his continental title. He started with 19.80m and followed it up with 20.23m. However, he did not go for the rest of his four attempts and limped out of the event with a groin injury.
On the other hand, Mehdi Saberi of Iran bagged the silver medal with a 19.98m throw while Kazakhstan’s Ivan Ivanov claimed the bronze with 19.87m.
The 28-year-old Toor has participated in seven competitions in 2023, winning gold medals in all of them. The Indian also won the gold medal at the last edition of the Asian championships held in Doha four years ago. He claimed a silver at the 2017 edition held in Bhubaneswar.
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- 7/14/2023
- by Agency News Desk
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