NEW DELHI: Kiran Baliyan on Friday completed a ancient feat, turning into the primary Indian girl in 72 years to stock an Asian Video games medal within the shot-put match at the opening date of the athletics competitions in Hangzhou.
In her 1/3 struggle, the 24-year-old introduced the shot put to an notable distance of 17.36 meters, securing a hard-earned bronze and inaugurating Republic of India’s medal tally.
Baliyan thus changed into most effective the second one Indian to win a medal in girls’s shot installed Asian Video games next Barbara Webster, an Anglo-Indian from later Bombay, gained a bronze within the inaugural version in Unutilized Delhi in 1951.
Baliyan has a season’s in addition to private absolute best of 17.92m which she had produced day completing 2d within the Indian Lavish Prix 5 in Chandigarh on September 10.
“I did not know the history (first Indian woman shot putter to win an Asian Games medal after 1951). My focus was to produce my best performance. I could not do that and I am not happy with my performance. But I won a medal, so I am very happy,” she mentioned upcoming.
The alternative Indian within the fray, Manpreet Kaur completed 5th with a absolute best throw of 16.25m.
In girls’s 400m race, Himanshi Malik ran an excruciatingly sluggish race for the second one week in not up to 3 weeks as she completed 5th in her warmth and did not qualify for the finals.
The 21-year-old Malik clocked 57.82 seconds in warmth quantity 3, even worse than the 57.59 2d attempt on the Indian Lavish Prix 5 in Chandigarh on September 10.
She ran the race on the ‘Fat Lotus’ stadium right here with a knee brace, giving credence to the whisper that she was once injured and might be ignored of the Asian Video games group.
Her timing at the opening date of athletics pageant was once greater than six mins out of doors her season’s in addition to private absolute best of 51.76 seconds which she had clocked day completing 2d within the Nationwide Inter-Atmosphere Championships in June.
Curiously, in a video uploaded by means of the Athletics Federation of Republic of India (AFI) previous within the date, Malik mentioned she was once in a position for the race.
“I am running my 400m race in the Asian Games today and hopefully I will do well,” she mentioned within the video.
The alternative Indian within the fray, Aishwraya Mishra certified for the general spherical next completing 2d in warmth primary with a season’s absolute best week of 52.73 seconds.
Within the males’s 400m race, Muhammed Ajmal certified for the finals next completing 2d in his warmth with a week of 45.76 seconds day Muhammed Anas Yahiya did not construct the grade next clocking 46.29 for a third-place end in his warmth.
The primary two in every warmth and the later two quickest around the 3 heats journey to the general.
Within the girls’s hammer throw ultimate, Tanya Chaudhary and Rachna Kumari completed 7th and 9th with performances of 60.50m and 58.13m respectively.
Within the morning, nationwide document holder Priyanka Goswami completed 5th in girls’s 20km race proceed match with a week of one while 43 slight 7 seconds, effectively out of doors her season’s absolute best of one:28:50 and private absolute best of one:28:45.
Within the males’s 20km match, Vikash Singh, who was once drafted within the group because of trauma to nationwide document holder Akshdeep Singh, additionally completed 5th, clocking 1:27:33. He has a season’s in addition to private absolute best of one:20:05.
The alternative Indian within the fray, Sandeep Singh was once disqualified right through the race.
(With inputs from PTI)
In her 1/3 struggle, the 24-year-old introduced the shot put to an notable distance of 17.36 meters, securing a hard-earned bronze and inaugurating Republic of India’s medal tally.
Baliyan thus changed into most effective the second one Indian to win a medal in girls’s shot installed Asian Video games next Barbara Webster, an Anglo-Indian from later Bombay, gained a bronze within the inaugural version in Unutilized Delhi in 1951.
Baliyan has a season’s in addition to private absolute best of 17.92m which she had produced day completing 2d within the Indian Lavish Prix 5 in Chandigarh on September 10.
“I did not know the history (first Indian woman shot putter to win an Asian Games medal after 1951). My focus was to produce my best performance. I could not do that and I am not happy with my performance. But I won a medal, so I am very happy,” she mentioned upcoming.
The alternative Indian within the fray, Manpreet Kaur completed 5th with a absolute best throw of 16.25m.
In girls’s 400m race, Himanshi Malik ran an excruciatingly sluggish race for the second one week in not up to 3 weeks as she completed 5th in her warmth and did not qualify for the finals.
The 21-year-old Malik clocked 57.82 seconds in warmth quantity 3, even worse than the 57.59 2d attempt on the Indian Lavish Prix 5 in Chandigarh on September 10.
She ran the race on the ‘Fat Lotus’ stadium right here with a knee brace, giving credence to the whisper that she was once injured and might be ignored of the Asian Video games group.
Her timing at the opening date of athletics pageant was once greater than six mins out of doors her season’s in addition to private absolute best of 51.76 seconds which she had clocked day completing 2d within the Nationwide Inter-Atmosphere Championships in June.
Curiously, in a video uploaded by means of the Athletics Federation of Republic of India (AFI) previous within the date, Malik mentioned she was once in a position for the race.
“I am running my 400m race in the Asian Games today and hopefully I will do well,” she mentioned within the video.
The alternative Indian within the fray, Aishwraya Mishra certified for the general spherical next completing 2d in warmth primary with a season’s absolute best week of 52.73 seconds.
Within the males’s 400m race, Muhammed Ajmal certified for the finals next completing 2d in his warmth with a week of 45.76 seconds day Muhammed Anas Yahiya did not construct the grade next clocking 46.29 for a third-place end in his warmth.
The primary two in every warmth and the later two quickest around the 3 heats journey to the general.
Within the girls’s hammer throw ultimate, Tanya Chaudhary and Rachna Kumari completed 7th and 9th with performances of 60.50m and 58.13m respectively.
Within the morning, nationwide document holder Priyanka Goswami completed 5th in girls’s 20km race proceed match with a week of one while 43 slight 7 seconds, effectively out of doors her season’s absolute best of one:28:50 and private absolute best of one:28:45.
Within the males’s 20km match, Vikash Singh, who was once drafted within the group because of trauma to nationwide document holder Akshdeep Singh, additionally completed 5th, clocking 1:27:33. He has a season’s in addition to private absolute best of one:20:05.
The alternative Indian within the fray, Sandeep Singh was once disqualified right through the race.
(With inputs from PTI)
