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<strong>India&#39;s Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra qualified for the men&#39;s javelin final at the World Athletics Championships being held in Eugene, a city in the US state of Oregon, with a massive throw of 88.39m on Friday.</strong></p>
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With the qualification mark set at 83.50m, Chopra took just 10 seconds to progress to the final with ease in his very first attempt.<br />
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The 24-year-old&#39;s throw was best in his group at the Hayward Field with only Grenada&#39;s Anderson Peters who threw the javelin to a distance of 89.91m – her fourth best effort ever – ahead of him.&nbsp;</p>
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Straight onto the final &#128170;<br />
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Olympic javelin champion <a href="https://twitter.com/Neeraj_chopra1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Neeraj_chopra1</a> &#127470;&#127475;throws an automatic qualifier of 88.39m on his first attempt!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldAthleticsChamps?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WorldAthleticsChamps</a> <a href="https://t.co/tOzsEwkxLS">pic.twitter.com/tOzsEwkxLS</a></p>
&mdash; World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldAthletics/status/1550330210133819392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The Tokyo Olympic Champion will be looking forward to creating history in the final which will be held early Sunday morning India time.</p>
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Legendary long jumper Anju Bobby George remains the only Indian so far to have won a medal at the World Athletics Championships when she clinched a bronze in 2003.<br />
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Chopra is in splendid form, having set a new national record of 89.94m only last month at the Diamond League in Stockholm. Just before that, he had also sent the spear to a distance of 89.30m on June 14 at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland.<br />
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