Olympics 2024 Athletics: Neeraj Chopra qualifies for the final with a throw of 89.34m, Kishore Jena exits - Highlights

Jakub Vadlejch confirms his spot in the final with a 85.63m throw

Genki Dean of Japan has a good start in the qualifying with a 82.48m throw

Julian Weber had an amazing start of the Olympics, qualified for the final with a 87.76m

Kishore Jena starts with a good throw of 80.73m, despite of a fall near to the line

Oliver Helander of Finland starts with a great throw of 83.81m

First Up: Kishore Jena in Group A qualification of men's javelin throw at 1:50 PM IST

Kishore Jena has tough competitors like Jakub Vadlejch of Czechia, Julian Weber of Germany and Oliver Helander of Finland in his group.

The qualifying mark is 84m.

Here is the athletics schedule for the day:

Men's Javelin Throw Qualification Group A - Kishore Jena - 1:50 PM

Women's 400m Repechage - Kiran Pahal - 2:50 PM IST

Men's Javelin Throw Qualification Group B - Neeraj Chopra - 3:20 PM

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