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Shot putter Baliyan clinches India’s first athletics medal
Updated On: 30 September, 2023 07:13 AM IST | Hangzhou | PTI
The 24-year-old Baliyan hurled the iron ball to a distance of 17.36m in her third attempt for her best effort of the day to open India’s medal account
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Kiran Baliyan with her shot put bronze at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre yesterday. Pic/Ashwin Ferro
Kiran Baliyan became the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games medal in shot put event in 72 years as she picked up a bronze on the opening day of competitions here on Friday.
The 24-year-old Baliyan hurled the iron ball to a distance of 17.36m in her third attempt for her best effort of the day to open India’s medal account.
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