Vikas Gowda enters discus final

Gowda had won the gold at the Asian Athletics Championships in Pune last month,his first in the event,but will face much stiffer competition in the final at Moscow. Reigning World and Olympic champion Robert Harting of Germany was the lead thrower going into the final round with an effort of 66.62m.

Piotr Malachowski of Poland was second overall in the qualification with 66.00m while London Olympics bronze medallist Gerd Kanter of Estonia was third with 65.54m. Gowda has a personal best and national record of 66.28m. The 12-athlete final round will be held on Tuesday.

The womens 20 kilometre race walker Khusbir Kaur,the first Indian woman to qualify for the event, will also compete on Tuesday.