Neeraj Chopra made a great start in Paris Olympics 2024. Gave the country a medal flight with his first throw itself. The quality partner of Group B started at 3:20 pm. Neeraj secured a place in the final by throwing 89.34 in the first place. The final match will start in August at 11:55 pm Indian time.
Neeraj Chopra made a great start to the Qual Friends round. Even before sinking, a throw strike of 89.34 has entered the final. He is still at the top of his group. Now Neeraj will be eyeing the second consecutive Go Quarter Medal. Earlier, the circuit had won the Go Quarter Medal in Tokyo Olympics. India won a total of 7 medals in that Olympics. Then Neeraj was the only Indian to have a Go Orchestra medal.
Neeraj Chopra tops group standings; Kishore Jena out
On the 11th day of the Summer Games in Paris, India’s Kishore Jena was in Group A, while Neeraj claimed the gold medal from Group B. Jena booked his ticket for the men’s javelin throw event in Paris by throwing a javelin of 87.54m. Jena had won the gold medal at the Asian Games last year. However, Jena crashed out of the competition with a below-average throw of 80.73m in the Group A qualification. Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch, Julian Weber of Germany, former world champion Anderson Peters and Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan are Neeraj’s top-ranked rivals in the final of the men’s javelin throw event at the Paris Olympics.
Explained: Qualification round of men’s javelin throw event
At the Paris Olympics 2024, the men’s javelin throw event is held in two rounds – a qualification round and the final medal round. 32 javelin throwers are participating in this event. They are showing their game in the men’s category at the Paris Olympic Games. The qualifying round consists of two groups – A and B. Athletes can secure their place in the final by throwing 84.00 meters, which meets the accepted entry standard at the Olympics. Here’s everything you need to know about the men’s javelin throw event at the Paris Olympics: – Defending champion Neeraj Chopra entered the final with his personal best throw of 89.34 meters from Group B.
– Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem qualified for the final with a throw of 86.59 meters in Group B.
– Kishore Jena of India finished the qualifiers with his third throw (80.21).
– Julius Yego of Kenya (85.97 meters) became the third athlete to enter the final from Group A.
– Jena fouled his second throw.
-Jakub Vadlejch entered the javelin throw final with a throw of 85.63
-Julian Weber had the best throw (87.76) from Group A in the qualification round.
– Kishore crossed 80m (80.73) in his first attempt.
-Thirty-two athletes competed in Group A and Group B.
-12 athletes qualified for the final of the men’s javelin throw event at the Paris Olympics.
