{"id":285645,"date":"2023-02-10T16:59:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T16:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/10\/shot-putter-tajinderpal-singh-toor-wins-gold-at-asian-indoor-athletics-championships-more-sports-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-02-10T16:59:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T16:59:06","slug":"shot-putter-tajinderpal-singh-toor-wins-gold-at-asian-indoor-athletics-championships-more-sports-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/10\/shot-putter-tajinderpal-singh-toor-wins-gold-at-asian-indoor-athletics-championships-more-sports-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor wins gold at Asian Indoor Athletics Championships | More sports News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-97807705,imgsize-42764.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>ASTANA (Kazakhstan): Shot putter <!-- -->Tajinderpal Singh Toor<!-- --> clinched a gold, India&#8217;s first on the opening day of the <!-- -->Asian Indoor Athletics Championships<!-- --> on Friday.<br \/>Toor stood on top of the podium with a best throw of 19.49m. The other Indian in fray, <!-- -->Karanveer Singh<!-- --> secured silver with a throw of 19.37m for a 1-2 finish for the country.<br \/>Triple jumper <!-- -->Praveen Chitravel<!-- --> smashed the national indoor record during his silver medal-winning effort while long jumper <!-- -->Jeswin Aldrin<!-- --> also bettered the national mark en route to final round.<br \/>Chitravel produced a best jump of 16.98m &#8212; which bettered Amarjeet Singh&#8217;s earlier national indoor record of 16.26m (in 2008 Doha edition) &#8212; but its was not enough for a gold medal which was won by China&#8217;s Fang Yaoqing (17.20m).<br \/>Aldrin, meanwhile, bettered the earlier national indoor record of 7.92m which was in the name of Prem Kumar (2016 edition) as well as of Murali Sreeshankar (2022 World Indoor Championships).<br \/>Aldrin finished first in the qualification round. The final will be held on Sunday.<br \/>In the women&#8217;s pentathlon, Swapna Barman took the silver with a total of 4119 points from five events. 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