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Manpreet Kaur wins Asian Games bronze after doping ban
Manpreet Kaur is an Indian athlete who throws a heavy metal ball in a sport called shot put.
She won a bronze medal at the Asian Games.
Her throw traveled 17.17 metres.
Chinese athletes Song Jiyuan and Zhang Linru finished ahead of her.
This was Manpreet’s first medal at the Asian Games.
Years earlier, she was banned after testing positive for a prohibited substance.
She said contaminated supplements caused the test result, while also saying athletes are responsible for what they take.
Her husband, daughter and improved training helped her return to the podium.
Manpreet Kaur won shot put bronze at the Asian Games with a 17.17-metre throw.
China’s Song Jiyuan won gold with 19.40 metres, while Zhang Linru took silver with 18.14 metres.
The medal was Kaur’s first at the Asian Games and came nearly a decade after her doping ban.
Kaur attributed the positive test to contaminated supplements but acknowledged athletes remain responsible for what they consume.
Her medal followed a difficult career involving family losses, childbirth recovery and the deletion of her national record.
- Who
- Indian shot putter Manpreet Kaur, alongside Chinese medalists Song Jiyuan and Zhang Linru.
- What
- Kaur won a bronze medal in the women’s shot put at the Asian Games.
- Where
- At the Asian Games; the article does not specify the venue.
- When
- At the Asian Games; the article does not specify the event date.
- Why
- Kaur’s 17.17-metre throw placed her third, completing a comeback after a doping ban and other personal challenges.
Key facts
- Medal
- Bronze in women’s shot put
- Throw
- 17.17 metres
- Gold medalist
- Song Jiyuan of China, 19.40 metres
- Silver medalist
- Zhang Linru of China, 18.14 metres
- Age
- 36
- Doping history
- Banned nearly a decade earlier after a positive test; Kaur blamed contaminated supplements
- National record
- Her 18.86-metre mark from the 2017 Asian Championships was erased after the ban
Quotes
Manpreet Kaur
Indian shot put athlete and Asian Games bronze medalist
“While contamination and other factors are there, an athlete cannot run from the responsibility. The ban was a tough phase for me but my mother-in-law Sukhwant Kaur would tell me to recite Sukhmani path (devotional recital) and it helped me mentally.”
indianexpress.com
“In recent months, I have benefited from training under Parveer Singh. We have worked on correcting my elbow position, apart from the starting step and centre foot placement, which has helped me in recent months.”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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