Big first throw crucial for Kamalpreet Kaur: Krishna Poonia

As India awaits its first ever Olympic medal in athletics after two narrow misses in 1960 and 1984, all eyes are on Kamalpreet Kaur in the women’s discus throw final which will start at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo at 4.30 pm IST on Monday. The 25-year-old is only the second Indian woman, after Krishna Poonia in 2012, to enter the event final.