Woman discus thrower Kamalpreet Singh and women hockey team put inspiring performances at the Tokyo Olympics today, which otherwise proved to be a disappoing day for India with badminton star PV Sindhu, archer Atanu Das, boxer Amit Panghal and Pooja Rani suffering defeats.
Kamalpreet assumed the subriquest ‘Kamalpreet’ as she qualified for the discus throw final with a 64 metre throw on her Olympic debut. The 25-year-old national record holder became the first Indian in athletics to qualify for the final in the ongoing Games.
Kamalpreet also became the 11th Indian and the second woman discus thrower to qualify for an Olympic final (not counting direct finals like long-distance events). But former Asian Games champion Seema Antil-Punia, competing in her fourth Olympics, failed to make the cut with just 60.57m.