She had qualified for the Olympics on the basis of world rankings, unable to breach the automatic qualification mark of 11.15 seconds.Īfter the 100m heat race on Friday, Dutee had tweeted: '. On Friday, Dutee had failed to progress to the semifinals of the women's 100m event as well, finishing seventh in her heat and 45th overall with a timing of 11.54 seconds.ĭutee was nowhere near her best in the 100m heat race also as she ran well outside her national record of 11.17 seconds.

She had qualified for the 200m on the basis of her world rankings, unable to breach the automatic entry standard of 22.80 seconds. The Odisha runner had come to Tokyo Olympics with modest ambitions of at least reaching the semifinals considering the gulf in the timings between the top performers and herself. She has a personal best of 23 seconds, which she had clocked while winning a silver at the 2018 Asian Games. Since then, athletes from the United States have been the most successful in this. Incidentally, this was her only 200m race of the season so far. The Mens Discus Throw has been included in all Summer Olympics since the inaugural games in 1896. She finished 38th overall out of 41 competitors to end her second Olympic campaign on a disappointing note. Top three finishers from each of the seven heats and the next three fastest qualify for the semifinals. The 25-year-old Dutee, who had also crashed out of her pet event 100m in the first round, clocked 23.85 seconds to finish seventh and last in Heat 4. In the morning session, sprinter Dutee ran her season's best in 200m but that was not enough for a semifinals berth as she made a disappointing exit from the Olympics after finishing last in her heat race. 9 athletes competed, including one each from France, Sweden, the United States, and Great Britain as well as three Greeks and two Danes. The discus throw was the fourth event (and the second final) held. Two-time defending champion Sandra Perkovic of Croatia was fourth with a best throw of 65.01m. The men's discus throw was one of two throwing events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. Kaur fouled the fourth throw and then had a 61.37m in her penultimate attempt before sending the discus out of sector in the final one.Īfter qualifying for the final on Saturday, Kaur had told PTI that she was having minor pain on her shoulder and knee but not to an extent which would severely impact her performance.Ī farmer's daughter at Punjab's Kabarwala village, Kaur had raised hopes of India's elusive athletics medal after finishing second in the qualification round on Saturday with a best throw of 64m.Īmerican Valarie Allman took the gold with a first round throw of 68.98m while Kristin Pudenz (66.86m) of Germany and reigning world champion Yaime Perez (65.72m) of Cuba won the silver and bronze respectively. Not much changed in the position of the throwers in the final three rounds.

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