Shot-putter Tajinderpal fourth with 19.73m in Poland

Poland’s Michal Haratyk, the European champion and World No. 5, won the gold with a personal best of 22.32m while Nigeria’s Commonwealth Games silver medallist Chuk Enekwechi (21.26m) finished second.

Published : Aug 03, 2019 23:30 IST

In July, Tajinder Pal Singh Toor had clinched bronze with a fourth round effort of 19.62m in the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland.

Asian shot put champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor finished fourth with a best of 19.73m in the Kamila Skolimowska Festival of Throws at Wladyslawowo, Poland, on Saturday.

Toor, the World No. 31 and Asian Games gold medallist who has a personal best of 20.75m and a season best of 20.36, opened his series with 19.68 and produced his day’s best in his next effort.

Poland’s Michal Haratyk, the European champion and World No. 5, won the gold with a personal best of 22.32m while Nigeria’s Commonwealth Games silver medallist Chuk Enekwechi (21.26m) finished second.