Kamalpreet Kaur, the Indian discus throw player has her finals today at 4.30 PM, and she has received best wishes from the CM of Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh who took his Twitter account to wish her, the tweet read, “Best of luck to our Discus Thrower Kamalpreet Kaur for her final. I will be watching your competition live today afternoon at 4:30 pm here. Do your best Beta and make us all proud. (Flag of India)”
She belongs to Sri Muktsar Sahib District Kabarwala village in Punjab. Kamalpreet Kaur is an Indian Railway employee and represents the Railways in the National level tournament.
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The Punjabi girl has qualified for the finals at Tokyo Olympics with her best throw of 64m. Kamalpreet’s throw was better than two-time Olympics Champion Sandra Perkovic, whose best throw was 63.75m.
Kamalpreet started with a 60.29m throw and her second attempt was better than the first and was 63.97m. Her final and best score was 64m.
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Earlier, after qualifying the Group B she was congratulated by Sukhbir Singh Badal via Twitter stated, “Badal Saab & I were thrilled to watch Kamalpreet Kaur qualifying for finals of Discus Throw early this morning with a 64.00 throw at #TokyoOlympics. Congratulations & best wishes from all of us in Punjab!”