India's Vikas Gowda qualified for the finals at the World Athletics Championships at Daegu, South Korea, in the men's Discus throw event. The 28-year-old US-based Indian record holder threw the disc to a distance of 63.99m in the qualification round to finish fourth in his group and eighth overall on his way to Tuesday's final. This is the first time Gowda has made a global championship final and he becomes the first Indian male athlete, and the fourth Indian, to have entered the final of an individual event in the World championships.