Ace Indian discus thrower avatar Poonia has didn't qualify for the metropolis athletic competition as she couldn't bit the qualifying commonplace within the competitions she took half within the us.
34-year-old Poonia, the lone Indian lady track and field contestant to own won a private gold within the Commonwealth Games, finished initial in her last competition within the us with a throw of fifty seven.10m at American state however that was way below the metropolis qualification mark.
The athletic competition qualification mark stands at 61m and also the point for creating it to the metropolis Games is Monday.
In the 2 months Poonia trained and competed within the us with funding from the Target Olympic pulpit theme (TOPS) of the Sports Ministry, she might come back up with a best effort of fifty nine.49m. She had a private best and national record of sixty four.76m that she did in 2012. She won the 2010 city Commonwealth Games with a throw of sixty one.51m.
Poonia has taken half in 3 athletic competition (2004, 2008 and 2012) and she or he is one in every of the few Indian track and field athletes to own qualified within the final rounds of any event within the athletic competition once she finished sixth in 2012 London Games.
“I tried my best to qualify for metropolis athletic competition however within the finish I couldn't bonk. i feel I failed to have enough time to come back back to my best once my knee surgery (last year),” Poonia same from US.
“I can currently foresee to the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. I give thanks the Sports Ministry and Sports Authority of Republic of India for supporting Maine and permitting Maine to coach and contend within the us. I would like all my countrymen collaborating within the metropolis Olympic Games all the success,” she said.
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