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Tokyo Olympics: Shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor fails to qualify for finals, finishes thirteenth

India shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh (Offer: Twitter)

Indian shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor finished 13th on the finish of his three attempts in the qualifications of the males’s Shot Keep (Community A) of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday (July 3). Tajinder started with a throw of 19.99m, but had two disqualifications in the following two attempts to mediate about his hopes of qualifying for the finals dashed.

To qualify, athletes both important to throw 21.20m or the terminate 12 would roam into the rest after the completion of qualification in Community A and B.

Tajinderpal modified into once the principal to originate the tournament and modified into once leading the scoreboard till Armin Sinancevic of Serbia touched the 20m sign. Brazil’s Darlan Romani threw 21m as Tajinderpal got right here down to third in the qualifying spherical.

Men’s Shot assign (Community A Qualification) | Tajinderpal Singh Toor:


3rd strive: No sign


2nd strive: No sign


1st strive: 19.99m


Tajinderpal is OUT of competition for Final. #Tokyo2020 #Tokyo2020withIndia_AllSports pic.twitter.com/45DGAyvqZ2

— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) August 3, 2021

The Indian shot putter registered a defective throw in the 2d spherical. He modified into once in sixth attach after the finish of the principal essay but dropped to 12 following the conclusion of the 2d strive. In the meantime, with a throw of 21.31m, Romani bettered his first strive and sealed an computerized qualification in the tournament

In the third strive, Tajinderpal important to assign on his handiest listing, but he ended with an invalid throw again. His handiest throw remained the principal strive of 19.99m. Tomas Walsh, Romani, and Mostafa Hassan licensed automatically on the finish of Community A qualifications.

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