Asian Games 2018, Athletics, Men's Shot Put, Day 7: Tajinderpal Singh Toor breaks Games Record, Latest Updates & Results

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Chethan Balasubramanya progresses to the final of Men's High Jump.
Sreejesh progresses to the final of Men's Long Jump.
Muhammed Anas Yahiya and Rajiv Arokia progress to the final of Men's 400m.
Dutee Chand progresses to the final of Women's 100m.
Hima Das and Nirmla progress to the semifinal of Women's 400m.
Sarita finishes 5th in Women's Hammer Throw final.
Sanjivani Jadhav and Suriya Loganathan finish 9th and 7th in the Women's 10000m final.

TAJINDERPAL SINGH TOOR WINS THE GOLD MEDAL IN MEN'S SHOT PUT FINAL.

That brings an end to today's proceedings. What a day for the Indian contingent!

Brilliant run by both the Indians, who are through to the final.

Men's 400m Semifinal Heat 2: Final Standings

45.30 the timing as Anas qualifies for the final!

Anas is coming through! HE HAS TAKEN THE LEAD!

Two guaranteed a Final spot and two go as the fastest losers.

AND OFF WE GO!

Muhammed Anas Yahia's Semifinal heat is up next!

Update: It was indeed Rajiv Arokia, not Anas, who was present in Heat 1. Arokia has qualified for the Final.

Below is the correct start list and scorecard of the first heat.

Update: There seems to be some technical issue. The start list of the semifinal is incorrect. The correct one is coming up.

Just the Men's 400m Semifinal remaining.

Both Hima Das and Nirmla qualify for the Semifinal of the Women's 400m.

Women's 400m Qualifying heats: Final Standings

It is all 400m now! Scorecard for the Women's qualifying heats coming up.

Brilliant achievement by the Indian. What a win!

Meanwhile, let's take another look at what Tajinderpal Singh Toor achieved in his event.

Women's 400m: Official list of those advancing coming up.

Women's 400m: The Indian finishes first in her heat! Both she and Hima Das qualify!

Women's 400m: NIRMLA's heat is underway!

FINAL RESULT, MEN'S SHOTPUT:

GOLD- TAJINDERPAL SINGH TOOR (IND)
SILVER- LIU YANG (CHN)
BRONZE- IVAN IVANOV (KZH)

GOLD MEDAL FOR INDIA'S TAJINDERPAL SINGH TOOR IN MEN'S SHOTPUT!

Women's 400m: Before that, however, we will go to Heat 3 in which Nirmla is involved.

Women's 400m: Hima Das finishes 2nd in her heat. Official timing coming up.

Women's 400m: Hima Das's heat is coming up....AND OFF WE GO!

Women's 400m: We will have to take a short break from that brilliant moment involving Tajinderpal Singh. Hima Das and Nirmla are on the track for their heats.

TAJINDERPAL SINGH TOOR BREAKS THE GAMES RECORD WITH HIS THROW OF 20.75M!!!

Shot Put: WHAT A THROW BY TAJINDERPAL! SURELY HE CANNOT LOSE THE GOLD MEDAL FROM HERE!

Shot Put: Tajinderpal Singh is here for his fifth attempt!

Shot Put: Onto the second last attempts now.

Shot Put: Great throw by the Indian as he lands the shot put at 19.96m yet again!

Shot Put: Tajinderpal is up next!

Shot Put: There has been plenty of change in the standings. Thankfully, all the change has happened from the second position onward. Tajinderpal cruising in first.

Women's and Men's 400m coming up!

10000m: Suriya Loganathan finishes 6th. Sanjivani Jadahv is 9th.

10000m: The race is finally over. Kyrgyzstan's Maslova Zaria wins the Gold in this one. Bahrain's Eunice Chumba finishes second while China's Zhag Deshun finish third.

10000m: We go back to 10000m as the athletes head into the final lap!

Shot Put: We are back underway with three more attempts to go. Tajinderpal in the lead.

10000m: UAE's Mohammed Alia is leading.

10000m: 5 laps to go in this one. The athletes have started picking up their pace.

The event will begin once the track has been vacated by the 10000m runners.

Asian Games 2018, Athletics, Men's Shot Put, Day 7: Tajinderpal Singh Toor breaks Games Record, Latest Updates & Results

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