Shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor defended his title with a tremendous ultimate throw to beat again the problem from his Saudi Arabian rival on the Asian Games 2023 on Sunday. Toor, the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games gold medallist, got here up with a mighty throw of 20.36 metres on his sixth and final try to overhaul his Saudi rival Mohamed Daouda Tolo’s distance of 20.18 metres. Toor, nonetheless, couldn’t break his personal Asian Games report of 20.75m set in 2018 Jakarta. But the 28-year-old’s ultimate throw was manner too good for his Saudi rival to overtake in his ultimate try.

In the 1500m for ladies, India’s Harmilan Bains received a silver whereas Ajay Kumar Saroj and Jinson Johnson received silver and bronze respectively within the males’s 1500m.

IT’S RAINING GOLD FOR INDIA TODAY!! 🇮🇳🇮🇳

Men’s Shot-put: TAJINDERPAL SINGH TOOR has received the GOLD medal along with his finest(additionally final) throw of 20.36m

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Earlier, the toast of the nation within the final version, Indian heptathlete Swapna Barman’s one “last shot” at glory on the Asian Games become a nightmare as she struggled with accidents to just about exit of medal reckoning after the javelin throw occasion.

The defending champion, who boasts of a private better of 52.55m in javelin throw, managed a throw of simply 45.13 within the penultimate occasion of the gruelling two-day competitors.

Javelin throw was one of many two occasions Swapna had received in 2018 en path to changing into the primary Indian heptathlete to win an Asian Games gold.

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