Shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor aims to overcome personal setbacks and break records
Bellary: Even though Tajinderpal Singh Toor won the gold medal with a new meet record at the 2nd AFI National Throws competition on Tuesday, the shot-putter from Punjab didn’t celebrate. As he walked out of the competition area, he seemed more exhausted than usual. It has been a tough couple of months for the Asian record holder, who won the event with a throw of 19.95 metres and improved the meet record by a centimetre at JSW’s Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) facilities in Bellary.
Toor underwent one of the most testing times in his life just ahead of the Asian Indoors in Kazakhstan last month. He won the gold in Astana but just before the event his wife Sandeep Kaur, who was expecting, had to undergo an abortion.
“It’s been a tough few months for me and my family. Just before the Asi...