Sunday, July 27, 2014

Athletics News

At the World Junior Athletics Championships 2014, Eugene, USA

Women's Discuss Throw
Gold - Izabela da Silva (BRA) 58.03m
Silver - Valarie Allman (USA) 56.75m
Bronze - Navjeet Kaur Dhillon (IND) 56.36m

Navjeet Kaur Dhillon became only the second Indian to win a medal in the World Junior Athletics Championships when she won a bronze in women's discus throw in Eugene, USA on Saturday. The only other Indian to win a medal in World Juniors is Seema Antil who claimed the bronze in the same event in Kingston in 2002.

Navjeet's previous best was 53.97m while winning the Junior Federation Cup at Chennai this May.

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