Tajinderpal Singh Toor won India's first athletics gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games on Saturday, Day 7. He did so in record fashion as he created a new Asian Games Record when he threw 20.75m in the fifth round of the men's shot put competition. With the gold won by Tajinderpal, India had moved to the 8th spot in the medals table.

Toor showed dominance and led the competition right from the beginning.  He achieved a distance of 19.96m with his first throw. His fifth round gold medal winning throw broke the previous record of 20.57 set in Guanghzhou in 2010. Catch the ANI tweet below about Tajinderpal Singh Toor's Gold Medal:

This is India's first Gold on Day 7 of Asian Games 2018. With this India's medal tally moves to 29 including 7 Gold, 5 Silver, 17 Bronze. Earlier in the day, Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa, Saurav Ghosal settled with Bronze medal after losing their respective semi-final match. Asian Games Medal Tally 2018 Updated: Tajinderpal Singh Wins Gold, India's Medal Tally Rises to 29 in Current Table and Country-Wise Medal Standings

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