Tajinderpal Singh Toor bossed the final day’s proceedings in the National Inter-State Athletics Championships by improving his own Asian Record in the Shot Put at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Monday.

• With a 21.77m effort on his third try, the Punjab left-hander earned himself a berth in the squad for the World Athletics Championships, to be held two months from now in Budapest.
• Tajinderpal, who returned a ‘Did Not Start’ result in the World Championships last year, has given himself the chance to make amends.
• Having worked to find his rhythm and confidence in the earlier meets this year, he breached the 21m mark with his opening try. And with his third attempt, he broke his earlier Asian mark of 21.49 set on June 21, 2021, in Patiala.