Damneet Singh wins the hammer throw gold medal, but misses the national record by 10cm

Damneet's second attempt of 70.64m proved to be his best mark of the day, which was enough for him to win the gold medal ahead of Ashish Jakhar (66.33m).

Damneet had never crossed the 70m mark before today, but now he breached that multiple times in Patiala. However, he still fell short of the decade-old national record of Neeraj Kumar (70.73m).

Overall, a good start for the youngster, who has also breached the Asian Games qualifying mark here and will be hoping to improve this in the coming tournaments.

Medalists:

Gold - Damneet Singh (70.64m)

Silver - Ashish Jakhar (66.33m)

Bronze - Devang (63.27m)