The opening day's high, thanks to the 4x400m mixed relay bronze, was followed by disappointment in the Indian camp at the World Athletics U-20 Championships as Amandeep Singh Dhaliwal struggled in the men's shot put final before bringing up the rear.
The Indian, who made the cut in 11th place, fouling his first two throws before managing a best of 17.08m on his third attempt to end a disappointing 12th and last. Juan Gomez of Cuba came up with his best throw of 19.73m to snatch the gold from Belarus' Yauheni Bryhi who had a personal best of 19.70m. Jephte Vogel (Switzerland, 19.16) took the bronze.
Kamble enters semifinal
Rohan Gautam Kamble got lucky after Qatar's Amar Ebed went out with a false start as he entered the semifinals of the men's 400m hurdles despite finishing last in Heat 5. The Maharashtra athlete finished in 55s.
Earlier, Hardeep Kumar's campaign in men's 400m hurdles ended in pain after he slipped and crashed into the second last hurdle before he recovered to finish Heat 1.
In men's 800m race, Anu Kumar narrowly missed a semifinal berth while Pooja crashed out in the heats in the women's category.
