Tajinderpal Singh Toor’s ailing father, who had been battling with cancer for the past two years, passed away just when Tajinderpal left for his hometown Moga in Punjab after landing in Delhi from Jakarta. The athlete wanted to meet his ailing father and fulfil his wish of holding the gold medal[Read More…]
Tag: Shot put
Asian Games 2018: Father battling cancer reminded Tajinderpal to finish with gold
The 23-year-old Tajinderpal Singh from Punjab won the Asian Games 2018 gold medal in Men’s shot put on Saturday August 25. Tajinder threw the iron ball to 20.75m in his fifth attempt, breaking the six-year old mark, set by Om Prakash Karhana (20.69m). According to the young shot putter, the[Read More…]
India’s top shot-putter fails dope test
Manpreet Kaur, India’s leading shot putter and gold medallist in the just concluded Asian Athletics Championships might just lose her gold medal after being caught in the dope net as she was tested positive for a banned stimulant. Kaur was tested dimethylbutylamine positive. The test was conducted by National Anti-Doping[Read More…]