Kamalpreet Kaur reacts after her second throw during the discus throw qualification round in Tokyo on Saturday.
For the main event after a strong season, Kamalpreet Kaur peaked at just the right time as the discus thrower covered exactly 64.00m to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics women’s discus throw final on Saturday. Another Indian, Seema Punia, could not qualify for the final and finished 16th with a throw of 60.57m.
The medal tally will now be higher than that of the Indian national record holder (at 66.59m in June 2021) as Kamalpreet was the second discus thrower to qualify directly for the final – second in Group B and behind Valerie Allman (66.42) of the United States. Back. M). The final is to be held on Monday.
In her three attempts on the day, 23-year-old Kamalpreet continued to improve her performance as she started with 60.29m, then improved to 63.97m before securing the straight qualifying mark.
The 38-year-old Seema, a former national record holder, was well below her season-best 62.73m, which had come earlier in June during the National Inter-State Championships. She started with a foul throw and then managed only 60.57m and 58.93m in Group A of the qualification round.
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