Kamalpreet Kaur finishes sixth in discus throw final

TOKYO: India's Kamalpreet Kaur finished sixth in the women's discus throw final at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. America's Valarie Allman won gold with her first round throw of 68.98m. Kristin Pudenz of Germany won the silver with a throw of 66.86m. Yaime Perez of Cuba won bronze with a throw of 65.72m.

Kamalpreet's best throw of 63.70m came in the third round when she was under pressure to make it among the top eight in the competition to get three more throws. However, she failed to improve on her best throw.

Earlier in qualifying, the Punjab athlete had ended ahead of defending gold-medallist Sandra Perkovic (63.75m) of Croatia and reigning world champion Perez (63.18) to qualify for the final. Agencies

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