Tokyo: The Indian athlete Kamal Preet Kaur produced one of the best performances in discuss throw at a distance of 64 M at Tokyo on Saturday. She was qualified in the discus throw after finishing the second attempt.

She competing in qualification B, sent the discus to a distance of 64m in her third and final attempt to be one of the only two automatic qualifiers for the final round, the other being American Valarie Allman (66.42m). The final will held on August 2. The Indian ended ahead of defending gold-medallist Sandra Perkovic (63.75m) of Croatia and reigning world champion Yaime Perez (63.18) of Cuba.

She's done it! 🇮🇳

Here's how India's #KamalpreetKaur made a superb throw of 64.00m qualifying for finals | Women's Discus Throw #Cheer4India #TokyoOlympics2020 @ianuragthakur@Media_SAI @IndiaSports pic.twitter.com/3YKD0T8qMg

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Kaur began with a 60.29m effort and then improved it to 63.97m before her third throw of 64m. Every competitor gets three throws. Those who touch 64m or at least 12 best performers in the two qualifying rounds advance to the final.