Shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor clinched a gold medal as India bagged five medals on the second day of the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha on Monday.

The 24-year-old Toor, who has a personal best of 20.75m, had entered into the championships as the season leader among the Asians.

National record holder Toor’s first-round throw of 20.22m was enough to fetch him a gold. “I started well but lost the rhythm in between. A throw beyond 21m is the target, will be happy if that comes at the Worlds,” said Tajinder.

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Javelin Throw:

Shivpal Singh produced a huge 86.23m effort that fetched him the men’s silver. Shivpal’s effort was nearly four metres more than his previous best of 82.56m.

The throw has made the 23-year-old the second best Indian in the event, after Neeraj Chopra, the Asiad and Commonwealth Games gold medallist who pulled out with an elbow strain. 

Jinson drops out:

Asiad silver medallist Jinson dropped out near the last curve in the final after appearing to have pulled a muscle in the men’s 800m. 

Dutee fails to bag a medal:

Dutee Chand who had broken her own national record for the second successive day, bringing it down from 11.28 to 11.26s in the semifinal, went without a medal in the final. She finished fifth in 11.44s.