Indian Athletics – News – Youth Olympics Games Singapore – Indian discus thrower Arjun Kumar settled with a silver medal / By Ram. Murali Krishnan /

Singapore, 21 August 2010 – Indian discus thrower Arjun Kumar settled with a silver medal as he hurled the discus to 62.52m at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore on Sunday evening.

Arjun, who entered the fray with a world leading 64.09m registered back home at the Youth nationals this April, was less fortunate today as the disc started slipping out of his hands in the first two tries which touched 53.99 and 55.90m respectively.  South African Jacques du Plessis begun his venture with a 61.33 first try and went on to improve it in the next with 63.94m which fetch him the gold.  Arjun’s best of the day came on his third attempt and he left the competition with a failure on his fourth and final try,

Arjun was a bronze medalist in the Commonwealth Youth Games at Pune two years ago and went on to win the first Asian Youth Games in Singapore last year.

Indian hurdler Durgesh Kumar Pal is another medal contender here and is all set to make a podium finish on Tuesday’s final in boys’ 400m hurdles.

/ Ram. Murali Krishnan /   

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