Chopra, who won silver in the last edition, sent his spear to 88.77m in his first attempt in the qualification round on Friday to also qualify for 2024 Paris Olympics. It was his season’s best effort and fourth best throw of his career. The 25-year-old has won gold medals in Olympics (Tokyo in 2021), Asian Games (2018) and Commonwealth Games (2018), besides becoming the Diamond League champion last year.
Neeraj vs Nadeem
Neeraj will face a stiff challenge from Pakistan’s Commonwealth Games gold medallist Arshad Nadeem. Nadeem, a 90-metre thrower making a comeback from an elbow surgery, bounced back from a 70.63 metre throw in the first round to reestablish his credentials as a big-occasion thrower. Nadee, who qualified for the final at second place behind Chopra with a best of 86.79m can be a dark horse. In Birmingham, he had denied abderson Peters the gold with his throw of 90.18m to become only the second Asian to achieve 90m throw.
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World Athletics Championships 2023: Catch all the live updates of javelin throw final where India’s Neeraj Chopra, DP Manu and Kishore Jena will be in action.
(L-R) India’s Neeraj Chopra, DP Manu and Kishore Jena in action during the Men’s javelin throw qualification during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary
In what promises to be a high-quality final Sunday, Neeraj Chopra Jena will line up next Kishore Jena and DP Manu to cap off a great week for the country. A pathbreaking Moon landing, a teenaged chess prodigy in a World Cup final, three javelin throwers in contention for a World Championships medal, this is truly an Indian August.
Neeraj Chopra with coach Dr Klaus Bartonietz and physio Ishaan Marwaha. (Ishaan Physio/Instagram)
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