Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra was in action at the World Athletics Championship in Oregon as he only required a single throw to qualify for the finals of javelin throw. The Indian ace came up with a big throw in his first attempt covering the distance of 88.39m as he comfortably qualified for the finals. Indian fans were overjoyed as they also saw Rohit Yadav qualify for the finals as this was the first time in history that two Indian javelin throwers have qualified for the finals.
Neeraj finished in second position behind Grenada’s Anderson Peters who topped Group B and came up on top overall with a throw of 89.91m Despite coming second to Peters, Neeraj shared that every day is different and things change pretty quickly so he is looking forward to the finals of the event. “It was a good start. I’ll give my 100% in the final. We’ll see. Every day is different. I’ll just give my best. We don’t know who can throw far on any given day,” Chopra said after his event.
He highlighted how there was a little unstableness in his runup which threw him off ever so slightly and he has the belief that he can go even further. The Olympic champion also highlighted how the field is full of great throwers with more than five or six throwers coming up with personal best throws everyday. “There is a little bit of zigzag in my run-up. I shook a little bit, but it was a good throw. There are so many throwers in good shape now. Five-six throwers have thrown PBs this year. They are all in excellent shape,” added the Indian heartthrob.
Chopra did not stay on the field for long as he breached the automatic qualification with his first throw and did not bother to come up with the other two throws.
In the same event ROhit Yadav also qualified for the finals of the javelin event creating history for India.Rohit finished sixth in Group B and 11 overall as he threw a distance of 80.42m which was also his first throw in the qualifications. Yadav’s second throw was a foul and his third throw only reached 77.32m. It will surely be a learning curve for the 21-year-old javelin thrower who will only get better from here.
