Neeraj Chopra Paris Olympics 2024 Javelin Throw : Gold No 2 For Neeraj? Star Comes Up With Season Best Throw

 India's 'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra entered the final of men's javelin throw event at Paris Olympics 2024 on Tuesday. In the qualification round of Group B on Tuesday, Chopra recorded a breakthrough distance of 89.34m and and qualified for the final in his very first attempt. Later, Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, who breached the 90m mark in Commonwealth Games in 2022, also joined Chopra in the final as he also crossed the qualification standard distance in his first attempt. Nadeem registered a distance of 86.59m. However, it was a heartbreak for India's Kishore Jena, who failed to make it to the final in his maiden Olympics appearance. (Medal Tally)

 After 10 days of the Paris Olympics, the country will get its first glimpse of Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra as he competes in the qualification round of the men’s javelin throw event. Joining Neeraj Chopra in the middle for the men’s javelin throw event will be Kishore Jena.

While Kishore Jena is vying to qualify for the javelin throw finals in the first group, which competes earlier in the day, Neeraj Chopra will be in action in the second group.

Explained: How Neeraj Chopra can qualify for the javelin throw finals

The bar for qualification for the javelin throw finals, which will be held on Thursday, has been set at 84 metres, which means that Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena and others can qualify directly for the final just by breaching the distance. In any case, 12 javelin throwers will qualify for the final

At the Paris Olympics, Neeraj is defending his Olympics gold medal, which he had won at the deferred Tokyo Olympics three years ago with a throw of 87.58 metres.

Neeraj Chopra enters the Paris Olympics as one of the heavy favourites as he is the reigning Olympic and world champion.

Heading into the javelin throw event, Neeraj Chopra will have heavy competition from the likes of Jakub Vadlejch, Julian Weber, Arshad Nadeem, Anderson Peters and German youngster Max Dehning, who recently crossed the hallowed 90m mark.