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Shivpal Singh in action (Courtesy: AP)
HIGHLIGHTS
Neeraj Chopra topped the qualifying stage with a throw of 86.65m
Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem joined Neeraj in the final, topped Group B with 85.16m
India’s Shivpal Singh failed to qualify for the Men s Javelin final at Tokyo Olympics after finishing with a disappointing best throw of 76.40m. The Indian No. 2, who was seemingly carrying an elbow injury, did not make the top 12 in the 31-man qualifying field on Wednesday.
Shivpal Singh finished 27th after registering 76.40m in his first attempt. The Varanasi man was not able to better his first throw as he marked 74.80m and 74.81m in his next 2 attempts in Qualification Group B.
Arshad Nadeem, of Pakistan, competes in the qualification round of the men s javelin throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics on Aug 4. AP
Arshad Nadeem on Wednesday kept Pakistan s hopes of its maiden medal at Tokyo Olympics alive as he went through to the final of the men s javelin with a throw of 85.16 metres.
The feat made him the first Pakistani to qualify for the final of any track and field event at the Olympics.
Nadeem s throw was third-best of the day behind India s Neeraj Chopra (86.65m) and world leader Germany s Johannes Vetter (85.64m).
The 24-year-old thrower from Khanewal finished above Germany s Julian Weber and Czech s Jakub Vadlejch to win his group and a place in the medal round a performance that got his coach out of his seat applauding.
Tokyo Olympics: Pakistan s Arshad Nadeem makes history as he sails into javelin final
Faizan Lakhani
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Arahad is first ever Pakistani athlete to qualify for the final of any track and field event in Olympics / Photo by Reuters
Karachi: It was a morning Pakistan Athletics will remember for long as Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem created history on Wednesday when he qualified for the final of Javelin Throw competition in Tokyo Olympics.
Arahad is first ever Pakistani athlete to qualify for the final of any track and field event in Olympics.
Arahad was placed in group B for the contest in which athlete had to throw a minimum of 83.5m to directly qualify for the final. Only six athletes could do so, and Arshad was one of them. Rest 6 athletes advanced to the finals on basis of their respective farthest throw.
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