Neeraj Chopra reached the Paris Olympics final. He passed the qualifying round easily. The Tokyo Olympics gold medallist javelin thrower has kept the country's dream of winning a gold medal at the Olympics alive. Neeraj threw the javelin at a distance of 89.34 meters. Tokyo Olympics gold medallist. Neeraj threw the javelin at a distance of 89.34 meters.
If you can throw more than 84 meters in the qualifying round, you can go directly to the final. Neeraj threw the javelin at a distance of 89.34 meters in the first throw. As a result, he reached the final directly.
Neeraj was in Group B. Kishore Jena was in Group A. He didn't qualify. Kishore threw the javelin at a distance of 80.73 meters. But in the final, the top 12 will qualify. Kishore couldn't be in the top 12.
Germany's Julian Weber (87.76 meters), Kenya's Julius Yego (85.97 meters), Czechia's Yakub Vadlec (85.63 meters), and Finland's Toni Keranen (85.27 meters) qualified directly from Group A.
Apart from Neeraj from Group B, Grenada's Anderson Peters (88.63 meters), Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem (86.59), Brazil's Luiz Mauricio da Silva (85.91 meters), and Moldova's Adrian Mardera (84.13 meters) have qualified directly so far.
Nine qualified directly for the final. Finland's Oliver Helander (83.81 meters), Trinidad and Tobago's Kesharon Walcott (83.02 meters), and Finland's Lacy Atletalo (82.91 meters) also advanced to the final.
Neeraj won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on August 7, 2021. Neeraj's final at the Paris Olympics will be on August 8, after a gap of three years. That is, after three years and one day, he has the opportunity to win gold once again.
