Gowda, who has already qualified for the London Olympics, came up with a decent effort of 64.10 meter which was though below her personal best.
The United States-based Indian had recently come up with an impressive throw of 66.28m in a meet at Norman, Oklahoma to top the world list for a brief period.
His sixth-place finish here in the prestigious IAAF event is though creditable considering that the 11-man field has some top discus throwers of the world.
Beijing Olympics silver medallist Malachowski Piotr of Poland won the event with a throw of 67.53m while reigning Asian champion Ehsan Hadadi of Iran and Zoltan Kovago of Hungary bagged the silver and bronze respectively with efforts of 66.32m and 65.77m.
