Sports News | Shot Putter Kiran Baliyan Wins India's First Athletics Medal with Bronze
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Kiran Baliyan clinched India's first athletics medal in the Hangzhou Asian Games as she picked up a bronze in women's shot put event on the opening day of competitions here on Friday.
Hangzhou, Sep 29 (PTI) Kiran Baliyan clinched India's first athletics medal in the Hangzhou Asian Games as she picked up a bronze in women's shot put event 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 of the day.
She has a season's as well as a personal best of 17.92m which she had produced on September 10 while finishing second in the Indian Grand Prix 5 in Chandigarh.
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