Tokyo Olympics: Athletics LIVE Day 12 — Neeraj Chopra storms into the finals, Shivpal Singh knocked out — updates, score, results, blog

Men's Javelin Throw Qualification - Group A

MIhaita Novac of Romania, sets the ball rolling in this qualification round with his first attempt.

He starts with an 83.27m, very close to the 83.50m qualification mark. 

Men's Javelin Throw Qualification - Group A

All right here we go. We're all set.

India's Neeraj Chopra is the second last athlete in order to take an attempt amongst the sixteen athletes.

Rules for qualification

So here's what the athletes need to do to qualify for finals.

Hit the qualification mark of 83.50m or be in the top 12 performers to advance to the finals.  

Good Morning

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Men's Javelin Throw qualification round here on Day 12.

It's a big one for the Indian contingent as we'll have India's Neeraj Chopra in action.

Stay tuned as live-action is set to begin in five minutes.