Gwangju (Korea): Athlete Inderjeet Singh scripted history when he became the first Indian to clinch a gold in the World University Games by winning the men’s shot put event on Wednesday.
Indian men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol team also bagged a bronze to swell India’s medal count to four (one gold, one silver, two bronze) on the fifth day of competitions. It was not an easy outing for the Asian champion Inderjeet as he won the event with his final throw of 20.27m to open India’s gold medal account in the Games.
The 27-year-old Inderjeet was at second spot after the fifth and penultimate throw as he had a 19.80m best throw till then before he came up with 20.27m in his final attempt to run away with the gold and better the colour of the medal from silver he won in the last edition in 2013 in Russia to yellow this time. —PTI
