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Tajinderpal Singh Toor won GOLD medal India's Tajinderpal Singh Toor set a new meet record to clinch the gold medal in the men's shot put event at the 18th Asian Games here on Saturday. Toor hurled the iron ball a distance of 20.75 metres to smash the previous Games record. The previous mark of 20.57m was set by Aboul majeed Alhabashi of Saudi Arabia at the 2010 Asiad in Guangzhou, China. China's Liu Yang was a distant second with his season's best throw of 19.52m. Ivan Ivanov of Kazakhstan took bronze with 19.40m.
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Tajinderpal Singh Toor smashes gold in men’s shot put Toor dominated the final right from the start but reserved his best for the very last attempt. The tall, burly 23-year-old from Punjab had taken the lead with an effort of 19.96 metres in his first attempt. He threw 19.15 in his second attempt but fouled his third throw.
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Tajinderpal Singh Toor creates history at the Asian Games 2018 The fourth attempt saw the Indian clock yet another 19.96m before he simply blew away the competition with his last attempt.