Shot putters Toor, Gill enter final; Animesh qualifies for 200m semis

Tajinderpal Singh Toor

Indian shot putters Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Samardeep Singh Gill qualified for the final round here on Wednesday. National record holder Toor took two attempts to breach the automatic qualification mark of 20m in Group A.

His first effort measured 19.93m before coming up with 20.14m in his second throw. In Group B, Gill's best of the day was 19.95m which came in his opening attempt. His second throw measured 19.75m and the third a foul.

National record holder Animesh Kujur clocked his season best time (20.46 seconds) to qualify for the 200m semi-finals.

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