The defending Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra certified for the finals in males’s Javelin throw in Paris on August 6, 2024.
| Photograph Credit score: Ritu Raj Konwar
Defending champion Neeraj Chopra turned on the model as he stormed into the boys’s javelin throw closing of the Olympic Video games with a season’s greatest effort of 89.34m in his very first try within the qualification spherical in Paris on August 6.
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Very similar to his efficiency within the Tokyo Olympics, the 26-year-old crossed the automated qualifying mark of 84m in his opening throw to occupy the highest spot in Group B.
The large effort, which is the second better of his profession, additionally put aside considerations surrounding Chopra’s health after he revealed that he had been battling an adductor niggle within the build-up to the Video games. His private greatest continues to be 89.94m achieved again in 2022.
The opposite Indian in fray, Kishore Jena, bowed out of competition to make the 12-man closing on Thursday after managing a poor throw of 80.73m.
Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who’s the reigning Commonwealth Video games champion, additionally certified for the finals with a throw of 86.59m in Group B.
From the identical group, Grenada veteran Anderson Peters too made the lower with a throw of 88.63m.
Chopra produced probably the most eye-catching efficiency of the day lasting just some minutes — fairly actually a case of ‘he got here, he threw and he conquered’.
Earlier within the day, Jena completed ninth in Group A qualification spherical with an underwhelming throw of 80.73m, which has pushed him out of competition for a slot within the finals.
All those that throw 84m or above, or at the least 12 greatest performers from Group A and B mixed will advance to the ultimate to be held on Thursday.
Jena’s opening throw was 80.73m, and he fouled his second try earlier than developing with 80.21m in his final effort.
Julian Weber of Germany topped Group A with a primary spherical throw of 87.76m whereas former world champion Julius Yego (85.97m) of Kenya and Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch (85.63m) of Czechia have been second and third respectively.
Toni Keranen (85.27m) of Finland was the fourth athlete to go previous the automated qualification mark of 84m.
Jena had booked an computerized Olympics berth along with his 87.54m throw for a silver medal within the Asian Video games in October final 12 months.
After that, he crossed the 80m mark in only one out of six competitions earlier than Tuesday.
