World Athletics Championships: Javelin Men's Final Live Updates

Neeraj Chopra, India’s biggest hope for a medal in Javelin Throw at the World Athletics Championships is set to be in action. He qualified for the finals after his magnificent first attempt throw of 88.39m. This is the first time Neeraj has qualified for the World Championships Final. The 24-year-old, who has a personal best of 89.94m, competed in the 2017 London World Athletics Championships but failed to qualify for the finals as he just managed 82.26m, falling short of the automatic qualification mark of 83m.

Apart from Neeraj Chopra, India’s Rohit Yadav, who also competed in the same event, qualified for the World Athletics Championships finals with a best throw of 80.42m. He finished 11th in the qualification round and will look to grab attention in the medal race.

Neeraj Chopra vs Peters Anderson

Peters Anderson and Neeraj Chopra have made history for their countries in the past two global championships, Grenada’s Peters winning in Doha in 2019 and India’s Chopra at the Tokyo Olympics last year. Qualifying suggests they could fight it out here with one walking away with a second javelin gold medal for his nation.

Each qualified comfortably. Peters launched his spear out to 89.91m and promptly departed for his post-competition cooldown. Chopra had already gone 88.39m in the earlier group. Job done. Get ready for the final of World Athletics Championships 2022.

The ‘jav’ is notorious for surprises – all it takes in one big throw. But if you follow the form book, this one’s between Peters and Chopra.

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