Inderjeet Becomes First Indian to Enter Shot-Put Final at Worlds

Inderjeet Singh, the reigning Asian champion, is the first Indian shot-putter to enter the finals of World C’ships.

Inderjeet Singh has became the first Indian shot-putter to enter the finals of World Athletics Championships while Baljinder Singh produced his personal best to finish a creditable 12th in the men’s 20km race walk on the second day of competitions on Sunday.

Inderjeet in Shot-put Final

Inderjeet, the reigning Asian champion, began the qualifying round at the Bird’s Nest Stadium with a below par 19.15m effort in his first attempt before he fouled his second throw.

But he made his third and final attempt count as he heaved the iron ball to 20.47m to qualify for the final round as one of the 12 best performers in the qualification round.

Inderjeet, who has a personal best of 20.65m, ranked eighth among the 12 shot-putters who entered in final, which is slated for later this evening.

Baljinder 12th in Race Walk

In men’s 20km race walk, Baljinder Singh finished 12th out of 51 athletes, who completed the race, with a personal best time of 1:21:44. Two other Indians, Gurmeet Singh (1:25:22) and Chandan Singh (1:26:40) ended 36th and 42nd respectively.

European champion Miguel Angel Lopez won the race in a personal best time of 1:19:14 to become Spain’s first 20km race walk world champion since 1993.