India’s ‘Golden Boy’, Neeraj Chopra begins his World Athletics Championships marketing campaign right now, within the javelin throw qualifying occasion. The Tokyo Olympics gold medal winner will probably be collaborating within the Group A Qualifiers. One other Indian athlete collaborating within the javelin throw occasion, Manu DP, can even be within the Group Some time Kishore Jena will probably be in Group B. In whole, 27 javelin throwers divided amongst Teams A and B, will probably be taking part in the qualifiers with an eye fixed for the 12-man closing, which is scheduled for Sunday. The automated qualifying mark for the ultimate is 83.00 m.

Neeraj has already received gold on the Olympics, Commonwealth Video games and the Asian Video games. He’s additionally the Diamond League champion. Nonetheless, he has but to win a prime prize within the World Championships. Final yr, he got here actually near clinching the gold final yr however needed to accept a silver, coming behind Grenada’s Anderson Peters.

It was India’s first-ever silver on the marquee athletics occasion and total second after Anju Bobby George’s bronze medal within the ladies’s lengthy bounce again in 2003.

Neeraj is heading into the championships because the world’s top-ranked javelin thrower and will probably be aiming to win that elusive gold to spice up not solely his private cupboard but in addition India’s rising credentials in athletics.

India’s Manu DP, Kishore Jena, making their world championships debuts, can even be aiming to make an impression. Manu, a silver medalist on the Asian Athletics Championships this yr, is in Group Some time Jena sits in Group B.

Males’s Javelin Throw Qualifying Spherical Schedule:

• Neeraj Chopra: 1:40 PM IST
• Manu DP: 1:40 PM IST
• Kishore Jena: 3:15 PM IST

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A powerful discipline consisting of the likes of Reigning world champion Anderson Peters, London 2012 Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago and world No. 2 Julian Weber from Germany awaits the Indian trio. Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem can even add a little bit of ‘India vs Pakistan’ flavour to this multi-country occasion. He’s the reigning CWG champion.

With ANI inputs