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Manpreet Kaur in Women's Shotput Group B Qualifiers and Jinson Johnson in Men's 800m Heat 3, live updates from Rio Olympics 2016

By Sportskeeda Desk | Last ModifiedAug 12, 2016 13:48 GMT

Manpreet Kaur's qualifiers have started, she's thrown a 17.06 m and has finished 23rd, thus crashing out. Jinson Johnson's has finished in the fifth place in his heat, with the time of 1:47.27, hasn't qualified to the next round.

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14:00 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

That's it from us here, join us to follow Vikas Gowda in the Men's Discus Group B Qualifiers.

13:50 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

Manpreet is officially out too, she has finished a disappointing 23rd among 32. She didn't manage to get anywhere near her best.

13:38 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

Jinson Johnson is officially out.

13:35 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

Manpreet has bettered her last throw, with a distance of 17.06m but she has dropped down to 19th in the leaderboard.

13:32 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

The stumble in the middle has cost the Kerala athlete.

13:31 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

He's finished fifth in his heat, he finished with a time of 1:47.27. He nearly beat the National Record (which is 1:45.77) there, but his chances of qulaifying to the next round are bleak to say the least.

13:29 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

Jinson Johnson is in the lead for the first 100 m, he stumbled around the 150 m mark, but he has got back.

13:26 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

Jinson Johnson is on the seventh lane, and his heat is about to begin.

13:25 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

ADAMS Valerie has thrown a 19.74 m, the Kiwi leads the leaderboard at the moment, qualifying to the next round.

13:24 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

Jinson Johnson is in Heat Number 3, the first three in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the Semifinals.

13:20 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

Manpreet has thrown, she has hit a 16.68 m. That's not even close to her best, but she is 16th at the moment with the top 12 qualifying.

13:18 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

Another one to qualify, GONG Lijiao of China throws a distance of 18.74 m. 

13:15 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

A gigantic throw by SCHWANITZ Christina. The German has thrown a 19.18, that's her qualifying to the next round. What a throw.

13:13 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

ARCANJO Geisa, the Brazilian, has had the best distance right now, with 18.27. Neat.

13:07 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

Manpreet's event is about to start, the conditions are definitely very difficult. It's raining and the athletes are trying their best to keep the Shot dry with the towels.

13:05 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

The Patiala-based Shotputter has gone on record saying that she has hit 18.60 m in practice and doesn't put the 19 m beyond her. Hope she pulls out something special, India can sure do with some inspiration.

13:05 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

Manpreet's best was is at the National Championships where she hit her best 17.96 m. She'll be hoping for a repeat of the same to get into the next round.

13:05 (GMT)12 AUG 2016

Manpreet will participate in the Women's Shotput Group B which will have 17 other participants apart from her. The other Group also has a total of 18 participants. To progress, Manpreet will either have to cross the Qualifying mark of 18.40 m or finish in the top 12 from among the 36 female athletes in both Groups.

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