Neeraj Chopra qualifies for Worlds final; book a place in Olympics 2024

The 25-year-old Chopra's qualifying round lasted just a few minutes as he sent the spear to his season's and fourth career-best distance. The 2024 Paris Olympics qualifying mark is 85.50m

Neeraj Chopra on Friday qualified for the 2024 Olympics with a big throw of 88.77m in his first attempt, which also took him to the final of the javelin throw competition at the World Athletics Championships 2023.

The 25-year-old Chopra's qualifying round lasted just a few minutes as he sent the spear to his season's and fourth career-best distance. He was competing in Group A qualification round.

The 2024 Paris Olympics qualifying mark is 85.50m. The qualifying window began on July 1.

Tokyo Olympics champion Chopra has a personal best of 89.94 metres, which he had achieved at the Stockholm Diamond League on June 30, 2022.

 

Those who throw 83m or the top-12 best performers from both Group A and B qualify for the final round to be held on Sunday.

World Athletics Championship 2023: Javelin Throw Group A results

POS	BIB	COUNTRY	ATHLETE	MARK
1	2451	IND	Neeraj CHOPRA	88.77 (SB)
2	2394	GER	Julian WEBER	82.39
3	2457	IND	D.P MANU	81.31
4	2789	POL	Dawid WEGNER	81.25
5	2291	FIN	Toni KUUSELA	79.27
6	2564	JPN	Roderick Genki DEAN	79.21
7	2414	GRN	Anderson PETERS	78.49
8	2630	KEN	Julius YEGO	78.42
9	2640	LAT	Patriks GAILUMS	77.43
10	2584	JPN	Kenji OGURA	76.65
11	3042	USA	Capers WILLIAMSON	76.1
12	2840	RSA	Douw SMIT	75.03
13	2330	FRA	Felise VAHAI SOSAIA	74.8
14	3032	USA	Curtis THOMPSON	74.21
15	2804	POR	Leandro RAMOS	74.03
16	2639	LAT	Gatis CAKSS	73.42
17	2123	BRA	Pedro Henrique RODRIGUES	72.34