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Asian Games 2018 Tejinder Pal Singh Toor wins India’s first Gold medal in Athletics
Asian Games 2018 Shot-putter Tejinder Pal Singh Toor wins India’s first Gold medal in Athletics: Details, Profile, Highlights
India's Shot-putter Tejinder Pal Singh Toor (24 years old) won the Gold medal in men’s shot put final at 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games-2018 held in Indonesia.
Tejinder Pal Singh Toor finished first in men’s shot put final and set a new record at 20.75 m in his fifth attempt. It was India’s first Gold medal in Athletics event in this edition of Asian Games.
Tejinder Pal Singh Toor who hails from Punjab (Khosa Pando village in Moga district) and is the son of a farmer.
Tejinder Pal Singh Toor holds an outdoor national record of 20.75m in the shot put throw.
Tejinder Pal Singh Toor had won a silver medal at 2017 Asian Athletics Championships held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha in the shot put with a throw of 19.77m, missing out on the gold medal by 0.03 m.
Tejinder Pal Singh Toor had finished the eighth in final of 2018 Commonwealth Games with a throw of 19.42m.
