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OWill Kamalpreet Kaur become the first woman to win a medal for India in athletics at the Olympics? Dreaming of a historic achievement, the player is going to the final fight in the discus throw today. The match will start at 4.30 pm.
Kamalpreet reached the final with a distance of 64 meters in the preliminary stage. It is hoped that Kamalpreet will be one of only 12 players to qualify for the finals. Only Valerie Alman of the United States (66.42m) did better than Kamalpreet in the preliminary round.
Kamalpreet is expected to win a medal if he can find the best performance of his career. The Punjabi broke the national record by throwing 66.59 at the Indian Grand Prix in Patiala last month. Meanwhile, two men who have crossed 70 meters in their careers are in the finals in Tokyo. Valerie Malman (70.01m) and Sandra Verkovic of Croatia (71.41m). Cuban Yaimi Perez has thrown 69.39 meters.
There goes #IND‘s first #Athletics finalist at #Tokyo2020
After a slow start with a throw of 60.29m, Kamalpreet Kaur pulled out a monster throw of 64m in her third attempt to qualify for the final of women’s discus throw event! #StrongerTogether | #UnitedByEmotion pic.twitter.com/BwO8cIMgF4
— #Tokyo2020 for India (@Tokyo2020hi) July 31, 2021
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