Gowda, Sahana qualify for final; Mayookha misses out

India's Vikas Gowda put up an impressive show and finished on top in the qualifying to seal his place in tomorrow's discus throw final while Sahana Nagaraj also made it to the final round in women's high jump event at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, here today.
Gowda, who is India's first ever CWG medallist in discus throw, managed a distance of 64.32m in his first attempt and was way ahead of second-placed Apostolos Parellis (61.91m) from Cyprus and Jamaica's Chad Wright (61.08m).
Gowda had won a silver medal at the Delhi edition of the CWG in 2010. His personal best is 66.28m.

In the women's high jump event, Sahana jumped 1.81m in fourth attempt to finish seventh in her group and qualify for the final.
The top six in her group were at joint 1.85m while four others also managed 1.85m height in the other group.
Sahana's personal best is 1.89m.
Meanwhile, disappointment was in store for Mayookha Johny as her best effort of 6.11m was not good enough to qualify for the women's long jump event.