Two-time Asian Games champion, Tajinderpal Singh Toor was consistent in his performance on Saturday. Of the six attempts, he thrice crossed the 20m mark.

Weekend meet in Patiala turned out to be a happy hunting ground for Tajinderpal Singh Toor. Two-time Asian Games champion was consistent in his performance on Saturday at the Fifth edition of the Indian Open Throws Competition held at Patiala’s National Institute of Sports Campus in Punjab.

On his way to winning gold with a throw of 20.51m, the 31 years old seasoned shot putter established that he was enjoying good training sessions in the build up to the Asian Games in September. “I’m satisfied with my performance,” Toor said.  Of the six attempts, Toor crossed the 20m mark thrice. The other three attempts were no marks. His other two throws were 20.02m and 20.07m

Toor’s national record of 21.17m was recorded in June 2023. His main goal this season is to peak later this year to retain his title at Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan.

Results:

Men

Shot put: Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Punjab) 20.51m, Karanveer Singh (Punjab) 19.36m, Sanyam (Haryana) 18.28.

Hammer Throw: Damneet Singh (Reliance) 70.64m, Ashish Jakhar (Army) 68.09m, Devang (Railway Sports) 63.27m.

U20: Hammer Throw: Aman (Haryana) 64.49m, Abdul Rahaman (Madhya Pradesh) 63.35m, Shubham M (Haryana) 63.00m.

U20: Shot put: OmmKar Prasad Nand (Odisha) 17.85m, Harshit Gahlot (Haryana) 17.02m, Yash Chhikara (Delhi) 17.01m.

U18: Shot put: Nishchay (Haryana) 19.78m, Yuvraj Singh (Rajasthan) 17.83m, Nitish Kumar (Haryana) 17.83m

Women

Discus throw: Seema (NCOE Patiala) 57.78m, Priya (Haryan) 56.16m, Sanya Yadav (Haryana) 52.80m.

U20: Women: Discus throw: Nikita Kumari (Rajasthan) 51.78m, Amanat Kamboj (Punjab) 51.13m, Supriya Aatri (NCOE Patiala) 50.09m. 

Javelin: Sanjana Choudhary (NCOE Patiala) 54.20m, Deepika (JSW) 52.88m, Jyoti (JSW) 52.16m.

Hammer Throw: Tanya Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh) 61.09m, Divya Shandilya (Odisha) 53.31m, Soniya (Rajasthan) 52.29m.

U20: Hammer Throw: Khushi (Haryana) 49.45m, Ankita Mohapatra (Odisha) 45.49m, Ayeesha Banu M (Andhra Pradesh) 45.37m.

Shot put: Yogita (Haryana) 16.44m, Shiksha (Reliance) 16.30m, Rekha (NCOE Patiala) 15.57m.

U20: Shot put: Pooja Kumari (NCOE Patiala) 15.04m, Anupriya VS (Kerala) 14.69m, Munesh (BSF) 13.04m.

U18: Shot put: M Reddy Sanjana (Karnataka) 15.30m, Aarti (Haryana) 13.22m.

U18: Discus throw: Oshin (Reliance) 43.61m, Sona Mohan T (Kerala) 39.55m, Maninder Kaur (Chandigarh) 39.28m. 

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