Bhubaneswar, Jun 19: India’s top shot putter Tajinder Pal Toor on Monday shattered his own Asian record with a huge throw of 21.77m on the concluding day of the National Inter-State Championship here to qualify for the World Championships.
The 28-year-old Toor, representing Punjab, bettered his own Asian record of 21.49m, which he had set in 2021 in Patiala, with his third round throw of 21.77m — the ninth-longest distance in the world this season — at the Kalinga Stadium.
The World Championships qualifying mark is 21.40m.
He also qualified for the Asian Games for which the qualifying mark is 19m. (PTI)
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