Tokyo, Sep 17
The defending champion Neeraj Chopra made it look effortless once again at the World Athletics Championships, needing just one throw to book his place in the men’s javelin throw final here on Wednesday, sending the spear to 84.85m — comfortably past the automatic qualifying mark of 84.50m.
Germany’s Julian Weber, too, made a statement, recovering from an opening throw of 82.29m to produce a season-leading 87.21m in his second attempt. The German and Brazil’s Luiz da Silva are ahead of Chopra in this year’s world list, though the Indian owns the national record at 90.23m, set in Doha earlier this season.