05-29-2004, 02:13 AM
Shot putter Bahadur Singh qualifies for Athens
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Asian Games gold medallist Bahadur Singh has qualified for the Athens Olympics in men's shot put when he won the Sinitskoha Memorial Athletic Meet in Konchzaspa near Ukranian capital Kiev.
Bahadur is the 12th Indian athlete to make the Olympic grade.
The elite list reads Anju Bobby George (long jump), J J Sobha (heptathlon), Manjit Kaur, Rajwinder Kaur and S Geetha (all 400m), Neelam Jaswant Singh, Seema Antil and Harwant Kaur (all discus throw) in the women's section while K M Binu (400m), Amritpal Singh (long jump) and Vikas Gowda (discus throw) are the other three men to achieve the Olympic grade.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Asian Games gold medallist Bahadur Singh has qualified for the Athens Olympics in men's shot put when he won the Sinitskoha Memorial Athletic Meet in Konchzaspa near Ukranian capital Kiev.
Bahadur is the 12th Indian athlete to make the Olympic grade.
The elite list reads Anju Bobby George (long jump), J J Sobha (heptathlon), Manjit Kaur, Rajwinder Kaur and S Geetha (all 400m), Neelam Jaswant Singh, Seema Antil and Harwant Kaur (all discus throw) in the women's section while K M Binu (400m), Amritpal Singh (long jump) and Vikas Gowda (discus throw) are the other three men to achieve the Olympic grade.
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