After 10 days of the Paris Olympics, India will get its first glimpse of Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra as he competes in the qualification round of the men’s javelin throw event. Joining Neeraj in the middle for the men’s javelin throw event will be Kishore Jena.
While Kishore Jena is vying to qualify for the javelin throw finals in the first group, which competes earlier in the day, Neeraj will be in action in the second group.
The bar for qualification for the javelin throw finals, which will be held on Thursday, has been set at 84 metres, which means that Neeraj, Kishore and others can qualify directly for the final just by breaching the distance. In any case, 12 javelin throwers will qualify for the final
At the Paris Olympics, Neeraj is defending his Olympics gold medal, which he had won at the deferred Tokyo Olympics three years ago with a throw of 87.58 metres. Neeraj enters the Paris Olympics as one of the heavy favourites as he is the reigning Olympic and world champion.
Heading into the javelin throw event, Neeraj will have heavy competition from the likes of Jakub Vadlejch, Julian Weber, Arshad Nadeem, Anderson Peters and German youngster Max Dehning, who recently crossed the hallowed 90 m mark.
