Indian shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor defended his Asian Video games title with an incredible remaining throw to beat again the problem from his Saudi Arabian rival in Hangzhou on Sunday.
Tajinderpal Singh Toor, the 2018 Jakarta Asian Video 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. He, nevertheless, couldn’t break his personal Asian Video games report of 20.75m set in 2018 Jakarta.
The 28-year-old’s remaining throw was means too good for his Saudi rival to overtake in his remaining try.
In the meantime, within the 1500m for girls, India’s Harmilan Bains received a silver whereas Ajay Kumar Saroj and Jinson Johnson received silver and bronze respectively within the males’s 1500m.
Earlier, the toast of the nation within the final version, Indian heptathlete Swapna Barman’s one “final shot” at glory on the Asian Video games was a nightmare as she struggled with accidents to nearly 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.
