Seema Punia Finishes Ninth in Discus Throw Event, Fails to Qualify

While her best score was 57.58, she missed the second throw and scored 56.78 in her final attempt.

• Seema Punia failed to qualify in the Women’s Discus Throw qualifying round on Tuesday. Punia stood ninth in the Group B heat with a final score of 57.58.
  
  
• Punia who competed at the 2004 Athens and 2012 London games, missed her second throw while she scored 56.78 in her final attempt.
  
  
• The Athletics Federation of India had expressed their anguish last month when India’s top discus thrower Seema Punia had announced her decision to train in Russia prior to the Olympics.