She started with shot put but has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics as a discus thrower and wants to one day become a professional cricketer.
If her life had taken the normal route, Kamalpreet Kaur would have been married by now. But the 22-year-old from Kabarwala village in Punjab’s Sri Muktsar Sahib district overcame a reluctant mother, under-cooked chapatis at the hostel, amateur training methods, a fund crunch, and a Covid-19 lockdown to keep her Olympics dream alive.
On March 19, during the 24th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships, she threw 65.06m to qualify for the Tokyo Games. Her only legal throw went past the Olympic qualification mark of 63.05m, along with bettering the nine-year-old national record of 64.76m set by Krishna Poonia.
A new national record and a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics for Kamalpreet Kaur in the Women’s Discus Throw. She won the medal gold with an effort of 65.06m to break Krishna Poonia’s previous NR of 64.76. The Olympic…