Tajinder Punches Tokyo Shot Put Ticket On A Day Of National Records
The Morning Standard|June 22, 2021
Predictions are always laced with danger. And in an athletic season disrupted by Covid lockdown leading to breaks, it is perilous. With lack of competitions playing havoc in the mind of athletes, creating national records would have been the least of the expectations when the events rolled out in the warm evening. The Indian Grand Prix 4 in Patiala on Monday is indeed a case in point.
Indraneel Das
Tajinder Punches Tokyo Shot Put Ticket On A Day Of National Records

National record (NR) for Kawalpreet Singh in the women’s discus (but won’t be counted), Dutee Chand sailed like the wind in the 100m for an NR, the women’s 4x100m inched closer to the qualification standard with an NR and Tajinder Pal Singh Toor’s herculean effort (literally) in shot put will put him on a flight to Tokyo.

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