Javelin thrower News
Annu Rani's remarkable season-best throw of 62.92 meters not only secured India's 15th gold at the Hangzhou Asian Games but also etched her name in India's sporting history as the first-ever Indian woman to secure gold in the women's javelin throw at the Asian Games.
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In August, Neeraj had said that he has decided to cut short his 2021 competition season to take some time off. He also said that he will come back in 2022 to compete in the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.
Athlete Neeraj Chopra is being hailed for winning India's first gold medal in the track and field event. He achieved this feat in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. However, it seems like he also needs to be hailed for not just his sport but his fashion sense too.
Kang, who became the first Indian javelin thrower to reach the final round of a World Championships last week in London, returned positive for marijuana in an in-competition test conducted by NADA during the Indian Grand Prix in May 15.
The 19-year-old world junior record holder has an outside chance of clinching a medal and he will feature in the qualification round tomorrow.
He has a personal best of 86.48m, which he did while setting the world junior record in Poland last year.
This will be Chopra's first taste of top-level competition at the senior level. He won a gold in the World Junior Championships last year with a throw of 86.48m which remained his personal best.
It was an in-competition test, which was conducted last month during the National Youth Championship in Hyderabad.
Having graduated to senior level this year, young Lalit, son of an Indian Airforce officer has taken successive five-wicket hauls.
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