Federation Cup champion Kamalpreet Kaur finished sixth in the women’s discus throw in the athletics competition of the 29th World University Games on Thursday evening.
The 21-year-old from Punjab, who was fifth in the recent Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar, had a best effort of 55.07m. She had a better throw of 55.95 in the qualification round.
Meanwhile Punjab’s Twinkle Chaudhary crashed out after finishing seventh in the women’s 400m semifinal in 58.24s.
Amoj disqualified
There was disappointment for Delhi’s Amoj Jacob too as he was disqualified for lane infringement in the men’s 400m first round. Tamil Nadu’s R.V. Vishwa Priya was also disqualified in the women’s 400m hurdles heats.
Dutee crashes out
Dutee Chand, the bronze medallist at the Asians and the national record holder, finished fifth in the second round of the women’s 100m in 11.90s and made her exit. Dutee had clocked a faster 11.69 in the first round.
Punjab’s Taranveer Singh was also way below his best as he failed to make the men’s hammer throw final with 54.03m in the qualification round. Interestingly, that event was won by Poland’s Pawel Fajdek, who had completed a hat-trick of triumphs at the recent World Championships in London. For the 28-year-old Pawel, it was his fourth straight World University Games title.
Host Taipei had something to celebrate too with its Yang Chun-Han emerging as the fastest man in 10.22s.
Bhuvana Kalva’s fine run came to an end as she was beaten 6-1, 6-2 by ninth seed Risa Ushijima of Japan in the women’s fourth round of tennis.
There was a flicker of hope for the Indian camp as Eetee Maheta in partnership with Paras Dahiya wont he mixed doubles first round against a Swedish team.
Tennis results: Women (fourth round): Risa Ishijima (Jpn) bt Bhuvana Kalva 6-1, 6-2. Men’s doubles (second round): Dominik Kellovsky & Matej Vocel (Cze) bt Sai Saran Reddy & Sunil Kumar 6-2, 6-2.
Mixed doubles (first round): Eetee Maheta & Paras Dahiya bt Stjern Andens Viktor & Hamlin Matilda Karin (Swe) 7-6(5), 3-6, 10-0.