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02 Aug 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur finishes 6th in final

Kamalpreet had made it into the top eight with the throw of 63.70m. This was her third attempt, but the athlete failed to make the top three as two of her remaining three attempts were flagged (disqualified).

Tokyo Olympics 2020

02 Aug 2021

Kamalpreet Kaur: All you need to know about Indian women’s discus thrower

Kamalpreet qualified for the Tokyo Olympics finals after finishing second in the qualification and the athlete from Punjab was only the second among 31 participants to secure direct qualification with a throw of 64m.

02 Aug 2021

Tokyo 2020: Check Kamalpreet Kaur discus throw final Live streaming details

Check Kamalpreet Kaur discus throw final Tokyo Olympics match, live-streaming, and live-telecast details.

Tokyo Olympics 2020

31 Jul 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur qualifies for the finals

Playing in her maiden Olympics, Kamalpreet threw her first attempt at 60.29 and improved massively by 63.97 on her second. But it was her third attempt that secured her automatic qualification in the 15 players' field in Group B.

29 Jun 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Indian discus thrower Seema Punia qualifies for the Games

Seema breached the Olympic qualification mark (63.50m) in the women's category to achieve the feat. She registered an attempt of 63.72m on the last day of the Inter-State meet in Patiala.

31 May 2018

Vikas Gowda, India's only CWG gold medallist discus thrower, retires

Top discus thrower Vikas Gowda on Wednesday retired after competing at the highest level for more than 15 years, during which he became the first and only Indian male to win Commonwealth Games medals in the discipline.

06 Mar 2018

Subramani Siva shatters pole vault national record, Seema Punia set for CWG

Tamil Nadu's Subramani Siva shattered his own national record en route to winning the men's pole vault title, while veteran Seema Punia clinched a gold in women's discus throw to virtually book a Commonwealth Games berth on the opening day of the 22nd Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships on Monday.

Asian Athletics Championships

06 Jul 2017

Asian Athletics Championships: India win two gold in haul of seven medals on Day 1

Birthday girl Manpreet opened India's gold medal account with a career second best throw of 18.28m. She upstaged defending champion Chinese Guo Tianqian to give herself a perfect birthday gift at the packed Kalinga Stadium.

Rio Olympics 2016

26 Aug 2016

RESPECT! Rio silver medallist sells medal for 3-year-old cancer patient; Harbhajan Singh overawed

Poland's Piotr Malachowski received a letter from the mother of a boy called Olek who said he had been battling eye cancer.

19 Jul 2016

Athletics Federation of India fumes at Seema Punia's decision to train in Russia amidst doping controversy

She was seen on social media sites with a Russian coach Vitaliy Pishchalnikov, a former Olympian discus thrower.

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