Mangaluru: World University Games silver medalist shot putter Inderjeet Singh achieved the Olympic qualification mark with a throw of 20.65m on the second day of the 19th Federation Cup at Mangala Stadium, here on Saturday.
Defending champion Inderjeet from Harayana was just a shade away from the national mark of 20.69m, held by Om Prakash Singh since 2012.
The Olympic qualification period commenced only yesterday and is 20.50m for the men’s shot put. Punjab’s Tejinder Singh (18.08m) pushed Om Prakash (18.02m) to third spot.
Army man Devender Singh become the first athlete to create a new meet mark as he set out the spear to 79.65 metres to win the javelin throw event.
Haryana’s Neeraj Chopra (73.96m) and Delhi lad Rohit Kumar (72.72m) were the other medallists. The first two came under the qualifying grade for the Asian meet.
Former Youth Olympic Games silver medalist Durgesh Kumar Pal clinched the gold in men’s 400m hurdles clocking a personal best 50.29 secs, thus obtained a berth in the Wuhan-bound team for the Asian championships. (PTI)
