manpreet kaur

India kicked off the 2017 Asian Athletics Championship in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar with a gold medal after women’s shot putter Manpreet Kaur threw 18.28 meters on Thursday.

Manpreet, a 27-year-old mother of a five-year-old from Ambala, completed a shot put throw of 18.86 meters at the Asian Grand Prix in China back in April.