The Olympic champion breached the automatic qualifying mark of 83.00m with his season-best throw of 88.77m. Manu DP and Kishore Jena also progressed to the final.
India’s Neeraj Chopra progressed to the men’s javelin throw final at the World Athletics Championships 2023 after topping the qualifying round in Budapest, Hungary, on Friday.
Competing in slightly overcast conditions, Neeraj Chopra produced a season’s best throw of 88.77m with his first attempt to gain a direct entry into the final scheduled on Sunday. The automatic qualifying mark was 83.00m. The 25-year-old Indian athlete did not go for his next two attempts.
On Day 6⃣ of World #Athletics Championships, Golden boy @Neeraj_chopra1 keeps up with our expectations 🥳
The #TokyoOlympics🥇medalist & #TOPSchemeAthlete's very 1⃣st attempt gives us his season's best throw of 88.77m in Men's Javelin Throw Qualifying Event which also breached… pic.twitter.com/Tgt96JmQgM
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The distance of 88.77m also saw Neeraj Chopra breach the Paris 2024 Olympic entry standard in javelin throw. The qualification window for the Paris 2024 Olympics for track and field athletes began on July 1, 2023. The entry standard for the men’s javelin throw event for the upcoming Summer Games is 85.50m.
Achieving the entry standard is just one part of the Olympic qualification process. National Olympic Committees have the final say as to whether an athlete will be selected to the NOC team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Neeraj Chopra, the Tokyo 2020 champion and 2022 world championships silver medallist, holds India’s national record of 89.94m. The Indian javelin ace achieved his previous season-best of 88.67 at the Doha Diamond League in May.
