JOIN USDiscus thrower Navjeet Kaur Dhillon became only the second Indian to grab a medal at the IAAF World Junior Championships after setting a new personal best to clinch a bronze in Eugene, USA.
The 19-year-old came up with an impressive throw of 56.36 metres at the Hayward Field on Friday night.
Her previous best was 53.97m which she recorded while winning the Junior Federation Cup at Chennai this May, a release stated.
Brazil’s Izabela da Silva set a world junior leading mark of 58.03m for the gold while American Valarie Allman (56.75m) entertained the home crowd with a silver medal.
It was the second ever bronze medal for India in the world juniors after Seema Antil’s 2002 effort in Kingston, Jamaica.
Incidentally Seema won a gold medal in 2000 at Santiago de Chile, but was disqualified thereafter due to doping violations.
Navjeet’s first major success came in Commonwealth Youth Games at Douglas (Isle of Man) in 2011 when she won a bronze medal with a throw of 45.27m.
Last year she had taken part in the senior category in Asian Grand Prix and was placed seventh in the Asian Championships at Pune.