Discus thrower Seema Punia secures Tokyo Olympics qualification.
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Seema punia sealed a berth at Tokyo Olympics with an outstanding performance in the Inter-State meet in Patiala.
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The 37-year-old Punia, who had won a silver in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and a bronze in the 2018 Asian Games, breached the Olympic qualifying mark of 63.50m.
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She also won gold on the final day of the National Inter-State Athletics Championships.
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She will be taking part in her fourth Olympics after 2004, 2012, and 2016 editions of the Games.
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Seema Punia will be the second Indian woman discus thrower after Kamalpreet Kaur to enter Tokyo Games.
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Her Fellow discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur was the first to qualify for the event, earlier last week when she set new National Records in the Indian Grand Prix 4.
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Previously Seema Punia won the gold medal in Asian Games 2014 and Bronze medal in Asian Games 2018.
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