Manpreet Kaur in shot put finals

By IANS

New Delhi : Manpreet Kaur Friday heaved the four-kilogram shot 13.56 metres to became the first Indian girl to enter the final of a field event at the World Youth Athletics Championship in Ostrava, Czech Republic.


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Manpreet, one of world’s top 10 youth shot putters, reached 12.96 metres on her first attempt, the Athletics Federation of India said in a statement here.

The second attempt of 13.56 metres was sufficient to book a place in the final.

M.R. Poovamma had entered the finals of the girls’ 400 metresfinal Thursday.

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