Neeraj Chopra raced in the javelin event at the Paris Olympics with a first throw of 89.34m.
Reigning Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra qualified to compete in the javelin at the Paris Olympics with a throw of 89.34m (Group B) at the Stade de France on Monday. It was Neeraj’s best in a world championship and his second best, after 89.94m in the Stockholm Diamond League. He qualified on his first attempt. Reigning Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra qualified for the javelin event at the Paris Olympics on Monday by throwing 89.34m (group B) at the Stade de France.
It was Neeraj’s best in a world championship and his second best, after 89.94m in the Stockholm Diamond League. He qualified on his first attempt.
Last year, Neeraj threw 88.36m in Doha and also won the Paavo Nurmi event with 85.97m. In the qualifying event, Indian runner-up Neeraj Kishore Jena threw 80.73m in Group A.
But that was not enough to qualify. Kenya’s Julius Yego and Czech Jakub Vadlejch automatically qualified for the finals with impressive 85.97m and 85.63m respectively. Germany’s Julian Weber qualified with 87.76m, while Anderson Peters, who threw 88.63m, was the season’s best.
There is automatic qualification for anyone who clears 84m.
