India’s Manpreet Kaur entered the final of women’s shot put after registering a best effort of 16.75 meters in the third attempt.
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India’s Manpreet Kaur entered the final of women’s shot put after registering 16.75 meters in the third attempt. She ended up seventh overall and fourth in her group. Jamaica’s Daniel Thomas-Dodd (18.42 m) qualified with a top-place finish. The final of the event will be held at 12:35 am on August 4. Manpreet will aim to put an even stronger performance in the finals.
Earlier this year, Manpreet set a new National record in the women’s shot put, breaching the 18 meters barrier. She threw the ball at a distance of 18.06 m at the Inter-State Athletics Meet in Chennai. She also held the previous record in Women’s shot put (17.96 m). The Ambala-born shot putter represented India in the Rio Olympics 2016. She won the gold for India in Asian Championships 2017 and South Asian Games 2016.
The live coverage of the Commonwealth Games 2022 will be available on different networks across the world. In the Indian subcontinent, it will be telecast LIVE from Birmingham on Sony TEN 1, Sony TEN 2, Sony TEN 3, Sony SIX, and Sony TEN 4. The live streaming will be available on the Sony LIV app or website. Elsewhere, BBC will telecast LIVE in the United Kingdom, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Canada, Seven Network in Australia, Sky NZ in New Zealand, Mediacorp in Singapore, S4C in Wales, and ESPN in the USA.
Manpreet will feature in the finals of the Women’s Shot put expected to begin at 12:35 am on August 4.
Murali Sreeshankar and Muhammed Anees Yahiya qualified for the Men’s long jump final. The 23-year-old Shreeshankar advanced to the final on his first jump (8.05m), breaching the automatic qualification mark (8.00m). He is India’s prime contender for gold at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Anees (7.68m) too joined his compatriot with an eighth-place finish in the Qualification. The final of the event will take place on August 4. Previously, Rio Olympian Nitendra Rawat finished 12th in the Men’s marathon final with a timing of 2:19:22.
