Tejinder Toor qualifies for Tokyo Olympics with record-breaking present at IGP 4

Shot-putter Tejinder Singh Toor certified for the Tokyo Olympics with a brand new nationwide file on the Indian Grand Prix 4 right here on a day when the nationwide ladies’s 4x100m relay crew and sprinter Dutee Chand additionally breached the earlier finest marks within the nation.
Toor crossed the Olympic Qualification mark with a throw of 21.49m and broke his personal National Record. The Olympic Qualifying effort on this occasion is 21.10m.

RECORDS RAINING at #IGP 4 PatialaShot Putter @Tajinder_Singh3 crosses Olympic Qualification mark with a throw of 21.49m and breaks his personal National Record. OQ- 21.10
He did it twice with one other throw of 21.28m@KirenRijiju @kaypeem
— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) June 21, 2021
The earlier file, which was additionally in Toor’s identify, stood at 20.92m and was set in 2019.
The ladies’s relay crew, nonetheless, failed to position itself contained in the Olympic qualifying bracket regardless of the file effort of its personal.
The quartet of Hima Das, Dutee Chand, S Dhanalakshmi and Archana Suseendran clocked 43.37 seconds to win the race forward of India ‘B’ crew (48.02 seconds) and Maldives (50.74) within the three crew race.
The Indian crew bettered the earlier file of 43.42 seconds set in 2016 in Almaty by the quartet of Merlin Okay Joseph, H M Jyothi, Srabani Nanda and Dutee.

Dutee Chand rewrites her nationwide mark once more with a blistering 11.17s run however falls agonisingly in need of the #Tokyo2020 qualification mark of 11.15s.Pic: Express pic.twitter.com/gnbFp68Irz
— Andrew Amsan (@AndrewAmsan) June 21, 2021
But the quartet didn’t clock under 43.05 seconds wanted to be among the many high 16 groups within the Road to Tokyo checklist.
Sixteen crew will run within the ladies’s 4x100m relay race in Tokyo Games.
India was positioned twenty second earlier than Monday’s race on the idea of its 43.81 seconds efficiency through the 2019 Asian Championships. Monday’s 43.37 seconds will take India to the twentieth spot.
Olympic-bound Kamalpreet Kaur bettered her earlier nationwide file mark in ladies’s discus throw by hurling the iron disc to a distance of 66.59m.
But her efficiency won’t be counted as the brand new nationwide file as she was the lone competitor within the occasion.
“As per rules, for national record purposes, the number of competitors should at least be three. So, her performance will not be counted as national record. But it will be considered for other purposes like ranking,” AFI Secretary Ravinder Chaudhry advised PTI.
Kaur had turn into the nation’s first girl discus thrower to breach the 65m mark with a nationwide file mark of 65.06m through the Federation Cup right here in March, which additionally booked her a spot within the Tokyo Olympics.

Record Alert- Kamalpreet Kaur improves her personal nationwide file with a throw of 66.59m in Women Discus Throw in #IGP 4 at Patiala. Her earlier finest was 65.06m which she achieved at Federation Cup in March 2021 #Tokyo2020 @SonySportsIndia pic.twitter.com/tJtbCcjTOA
— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) June 21, 2021
Her efficiency on Monday will place her eighth within the Road to Tokyo checklist, and will put her within the medal rivalry bracket.
The bronze medal winners within the 2012 and 2016 Olympics got here up with 66.38m and 65.34m efforts respectively.Sprinter Dutee Chand additionally shattered a nationwide file within the ladies’s 100m occasion. She accomplished the race in 11.17seconds. However, the Olympic Qualification time on this occasion is 11.15s.
The earlier file was 11.21 seconds, additionally created by Dutee.