Nonetheless, his triumph was minimize quick as he limped out of the competitors following his gold-winning throw in Bangkok.
Toor, who holds the Asian document, achieved a exceptional distance of 20.23m in his second try however was compelled to withdraw on account of a groin harm.
Iran’s Saberi Mehdi secured the silver medal with a throw of 19.98m, whereas Kazakhstan’s Ivan Ivanov claimed the bronze with 19.87m.
Toor’s harm raises issues because the World Championships in Budapest are only a month away. The severity of his harm stays unsure.
The 28-year-old Toor turned solely the third shot putter to defend the Asian Championships title.
Qatari Bilal Saad Mubarak had achieved the feat twice by successful consecutive titles in 1995 and 1998, and once more in 2002 and 2003. Mohd Gharib Al Zinkawi of Kuwait had gained the title thrice in a row — 1979, 1981 and 1983.
He had certified for the World Championships along with his new Asian document throw of 21.77m within the Nationwide Inter-State Championships in Bhubaneswar final month.
Toor had additionally missed the 2022 World Championships on account of a groin pressure he had developed simply earlier than the occasion, which additionally compelled him to skip the Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham.
Toor had undergone surgical procedure on the left wrist of his throwing arm simply after the Tokyo Olympics. He additionally participated with a bandaged left wrist on Friday.
Later, Parul Chaudhary gained her maiden 3000m steeplechase title in a significant worldwide occasion to swell India’s gold tally to 5.
Younger lengthy jumper Shaili Singh additionally clinched her maiden medal — a silver — in her first main worldwide occasion on yet one more productive day for India.
India has to this point gained 9 medals — 5 gold, one silver and three bronze.
After a bronze on Wednesday, India added three gold and two bronze medals on Thursday.
All of the gold winners within the Asian Championships have a excessive likelihood of qualifying for the World Championships (August 19-27) in Budapest, Hungary.
Beneath the World Championships qualifying standards, continental champions qualify for the showpiece on the situation that there isn’t any higher entry (by world rankings) of one other athlete from the identical space in the identical occasion.
The 28-year-old Chaudhary, who educated in the US earlier this yr, broke off from the main pack in the direction of the tip and gained comfortably with a time of 9 minutes and 38.76 seconds. Her timing was properly exterior her private better of 9:29.51s which she had clocked in Could within the USA.
Shuangshuang Xu (9:44.54s) of China and Yoshimura Reimi (9:48.48s) of Japan too the silver and bronze respectively.
The ladies’s 3000m steeplechase, which was launched in 2007, is an occasion dominated by India. Sudha Singh (2013 and 2017) and Lalita Babar (2015) had earlier gained gold for the nation.
Chaudhary had completed fourth and fifth in 2017 and 2019.
Chaudhary gained a 5000m bronze within the 2019 Asian Championships. She holds the nationwide document in that occasion. She can also be the nationwide document holder within the non-Olympic 3000m.
For the 19-year-old Shaili, a prodigy of legendary lengthy jumper Anju Bobby George, it was her first main worldwide occasion on the senior degree and he or she celebrated it with a silver.
She had gained a silver within the World Junior Championships in 2021.
Shaili, the Asian chief earlier than Friday with a 6.76m leap earlier this yr, was forward of the pack until halfway of the competitors along with her first spherical effort of 6.54m.
However eventual gold winner Sumire Hata of Japan took the lead along with her fourth spherical effort of 6.74m, which she improved to six.97m in her sixth and last leap.
China’s Zhong Jiawei took the bronze with a fifth spherical leap of 6.46m. One other Indian within the fray, Ancy Sojan, who had crushed Shaili for gold within the Nationwide Inter-State Championships final month, was fourth with a leap of 6.41m.
Within the 2019 version, India gained 16 medals — two gold, seven silver and 7 bronze.
(With PTI inputs)
