Neeraj Chopra in World Athletics Championships 2022 Javelin Highlights: Indians Neeraj Chopra, Rohit Yadav book spots in final

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Neeraj Chopra and Rohit Yadav. (Source: Twitter)

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra is gunning to become only the second Indian to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. The javelin star from India will begin his campaign at Eugene, Oregon on Friday (July 22) with the qualification rounds. 

He has been placed at the top of Group A in the javelin qualification rounds of the World Athletics Championships 2022 at Eugene, Oregon. The other India in the fray, Rohit Yadav, has been placed in Group B. The automatic qualification mark for the Javelin event has been set at 83.5m and Indian fans should expect Neeraj Chopra to easily hit that mark as he is coming off the back of a national record of 89.94m which he set at the Diamond League event in Stockholm.

Neeraj, who has a world ranking of No. 4, is the second-highest ranked in Group A as Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch is also in this group. Vadlejch has a season’s best of 90.88m. World No. 1 and top contender for gold in the World Championships, Peters Anderson is in Group B and has a season’s best of 93.07m.

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Rohit Yadav will have to go much better than his best of 82.54m this season or hope that he is one of the 12 best throwers in the javelin event to qualify for the final. 

Neeraj Chopra expects to breach the coveted 90m mark this year but doesn't want to think about 'distance' going into the World Athletics Championships, currently underway in Eugene, USA. Chopra had set a new national record of 89.94m, just 6cm shy of the 90m mark, the gold standard in the world of javelin throw, at the prestigious Diamond League in Stockholm last month en route to a silver medal. The 24-year-old finished second behind Grenada's Anderson Peters, who recorded a best throw of 90.31m.

Check all the Live updates from Neeraj Chopra's javelin qualification event at World Athletics Championships 2022 here.

22 July 2022

08:23 IST

That's that from us for today!

Neeraj Chopra and Rohit Yadav have made it big in the qualifiers of the men's javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships. There was never a dull moment in the qualifiers. Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, a long-time rival of Neeraj, also made it to the last-12. The final will be on Satuday, Sunday morning in India, as Oregon where the mega event is taking place is 12 hours and 30 minutes behind India. Do tune in to Zee News English to follow live updates from the match.

08:12 IST

Who is Rohit Yadav?

Rohit Yadav, who qualified for the men's javelin throw final at the World Athletics Championships going on in Oregon, is India's second-best in the sport after Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra.