Historic Shot Put Bronze
India's Manpreet Kaur secures bronze in women's shot put at the Asian Games.
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India’s Manpreet Kaur won bronze in the women’s shot put at the 2026 Asian Games with a best throw of 17.17 meters, becoming the third Indian woman to medal in the event. China’s Song Jiayuan won gold with 19.40 meters, and Zhang Linru took silver with 18.14 meters; India’s Krishna Jayasankar Menon finished fifth. Kaur’s bronze was secured despite a foul on her final attempt, as the athletes behind her could not beat her mark.
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Kaur, 36, entered the Games with a personal best of 18.06m, set in 2022; she had won bronze at the 2023 Asian Championships and finished fourth at the previous month’s Commonwealth Games.
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The two Indian women who had previously won an Asian Games shot put medal were Barbara Webster in 1951 and Kiran Baliyan in 2023; both earned bronze.
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Kaur began in fifth place with 16.32m and moved into the bronze position with a 16.80m throw in round three before reaching 17.17m in the fourth round.
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Song Jiayuan’s 19.40m was a season’s best, and her victory extended China’s streak of winning the women’s Asian Games shot put title to 13 consecutive editions.
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