After finishing first in qualification with a season-best throw of 89.34 meters, Neeraj Chopra advanced to the men’s javelin throw final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Another completed! In just one try, Neeraj Chopra qualified for the men’s javelin throw final in the Olympic Games in Paris. In the qualification round of the men’s javelin throw event on Tuesday, the defending champion eclipsed his season-best throw of 89.34 meters and crossed the elusive 90-meter threshold.

There was no unusual cheer or anticipated shout, as is customary for athletes when the javelin leaves their hand correctly, because Neeraj Chopra was so easygoing and carefree. Neeraj Chopra’s face actually had a small natural expression on it when he threw the javelin. The sheer size of the javelin throw was lost on everyone until the cameras panned to follow its landing. At 89.35 meters, it was.

Neeraj now held his arms up high. His visage, with its expression of “it was inevitable,” reverberated through the Stade de France and left a lasting impression on his rivals. Similar to his Olympic achievement in Tokyo, the 26-year-old won first place in Group B with a throw that automatically qualified him at 84 meters.

Chopra’s remarkable performance, which was his second-best career effort, allayed worries about his fitness when he disclosed that he had been dealing with an adductor problem during the games’ preparation. In 2022, he set a personal best of 89.94 meters.

After a subpar throw of 80.73 meters, Kishore Jena, another competitor from India, was eliminated from the competition for a position in Thursday’s 12-man final. Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan, the current Commonwealth Games champion, also made it to the finals with a throw in Group B of 86.59 meters. With a throw of 88.63 meters, Grenada’s seasoned athlete Anderson Peters made the cut from the same group. In a mere few minutes, Chopra gave the most remarkable performance of the day; it was a true example of ‘he came, he threw, and he conquered.’

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With a dismal throw of 80.73 meters, Jena finished ninth in the Group A qualification round earlier in the day, disqualifying him from the competition to advance to the final. The top 12 throwers from Groups A and B, or all participants who threw 84 meters or more, will advance to Thursday’s final.

Jena threw 80.73 meters in his first throw, fouled his second attempt, and threw 80.21 meters in his last throw. With a throw of 87.76 meters in the opening round, Germany’s Julian Weber won the gold in Group A. Julius Yego, a previous world champion from Kenya, finished second with 85.97 meters, while Jakub Vadlejch, a silver medallist from the Tokyo Olympics from the Czech Republic, finished third with 85.63 meters.

Fourth place finisher Toni Keränen of Finland (85.27 meters) was the first to clear the 84-meter automatic qualifying barrier. Jena’s throw of 87.54 meters for the silver medal at the Asian Games in October of last year guaranteed her a spot in the Olympics.

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 favourites going into the Olympics in Paris.

Neeraj Chopra will face fierce opposition 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.”