India’s ‘Golden Armed Boy’ Neeraj Chopra entered the finals of the men’s javelin throw competition at Paris Olympics in style.
With a monster throw of 89.34m on Tuesday in the qualification round of Group B, Chopra recorded the breakthrough distance in his first attempt. This is Neeraj Chopra’s season best throw.
He fell agonisingly short of his personal best of 89.94m, which is also the Indian national record.
Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who breached the 90m mark in Commonwealth Games in 2022, also joined Chopra in the final as he also crossed the qualification standard distance in his first attempt. Nadeem registered a distance of 86.59m – his best throw of the season.
Neeraj, who is the reigning World and Asian Games champion, is yet to surpass his record throw of 89.94m achieved at the Stockholm Diamond League in Sweden on June 30, 2022.
In all eight javelin throwers, met the automatic qualification mark of 84m. The other four throwers made a place in the finals on the basis of being among the top-12 throwers. India’s other javelin thrower Kishore Jena finished 18th with a best throw of 80.73m and did not make the cut.
