CWG: Poonia leads India's medal sweep in discus throw
by bharathi[ Edit ] 2010-10-12 11:04:52
Krishna Poonia won India's first Commonwealth Games athletics gold medal in 52 years on Monday when she led a host nation clean sweep in the women's discus.
Poonia threw 61.51 metres to share an historic day with second-placed teammate Harwant Kaur and third-placed Seema Antil, collecting only the country's second gold medal ever.
The first was won by Milkha Singh in the 440 yards in Cardiff in 1958.
The roar that reverberated around Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium when each of the three Indian throwers stepped into the ring doubled in intensity when the crowd greeted the three medals' triumph. .
It all happened early in the competition.
Poonia threw her winning distance in the first round while Kaur and Antil were second and third at the end of that round.
Kaur threw her best in round three while Antil stayed with her first effort of 58.46m for the bronze.
Defending champion Elizna Naude of South Africa finished seventh
