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[caption id="attachment_20194" align="alignnone" width="580"] Vikas Gowda gails to qualify. File Pic[/caption]

Failure Dawns for Discus Thrower Vikas Gowda & Shot Putter Manpreet Kaur at Rio 2016 Olympics

Internet Desk: India’s Vikas Gowda failed to qualify in the men’s discus throw final qualifying round, securing the 28th position among 35 athletes at the Rio Olympics, on Friday. After that another athlete, shot putter Manpreet Kaur also failed to qualify to the second round. The qualifying mark for the 18 shot putters in Group B was to achieve a throw of 65.50 metres or at least the 12 best performers advanced to the final round. Gowda threw 57.59 metres and only 58.99 in his first attempt at the Olympic Stadium. The 33-year-old only managed a paltry 58.70m throw in his third attempt, which was way below the desired mark. Indian national record holder woman shotputter Manpreet Kaur could not made her cut. She made the highest throw of 17.06m and came 13th. Only first three throwers could have qualified for the next step. Today, Manpreet could not reach upto her best performance which made her the national record holder. Her national record was of 17.96 metre in her third attempt. She threw the best of today in her second attempt. In the other two attempts she even could not cross 17m.