Both Kishore Jena and Neeraj Chopra Live Score and Updates for Men’s Javelin Throw Qualification Match at the 2024 Paris Olympics: The direct qualifying mark for the finals is 84 meters, so that’s the number to watch for today’s competition.
Live updates for the Paris Olympics 2024 men’s javelin throw qualification match featuring Neeraj Chopra and Kishore Jena: The nation will see Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra for the first time after ten days of the Paris Olympics when he competes in the men’s javelin throw qualification round. Kishore Jena will be joining Neeraj Chopra in the middle for the men’s javelin throw competition.
Neeraj Chopra will compete in the second group, while Kishore Jena competes in the first group, which competes earlier in the day, to qualify for the javelin throw finals.
Explained: How Neeraj Chopra can qualify for the javelin throw finals
Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena, and other competitors can advance straight to the final by simply meeting the 84-meter qualification bar for the javelin throw finals, which take place on Thursday. Either way, twelve javelin throwers will advance to the championship.
Neeraj is competing in the Paris Olympics to defend the gold medal he took home with a throw of 87.58 meters at the postponed Tokyo Olympics three years prior.
As the current Olympic and world champion, Neeraj Chopra is among the strong favorites going into the Olympics in Paris.
Neeraj Chopra will face fierce competition in the javelin throw event from competitors like Arshad Nadeem, Julian Weber, Jakub Vadlejch, Anderson Peters, and Max Dehning, a young German athlete who recently broke the coveted 90-meter mark.
“This is the time for performance,” Neeraj scrawled on the wall of the Indian headquarters upon arriving in Paris for the Olympics. As they say, “The time had come.”
Mihir Vasavda, our senior reporter, is in Paris covering the Olympics. To read the Paris 2024 drama as told through Mihir’s words and eyes, please click this link. You can read more about Neeraj Chopra’s passion for “churmas” made at home.
