Annu Rani at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.© AFP
The final 59.60m throw attempt, although well below her season’s best, ensured javelin thrower Annu Rani qualified for a second consecutive final at the Championships. world in Eugene, Oregon. Annu is nearing the end of her campaign after starting with a foul and 55.35m on her second attempt but brought her spear down a short 40cm by 60m on the third and final attempt of the day. Thursday at Eugene. She placed 5th in the qualifying round of Group B and reached the final round as the 8th in both groups.
However, the 29-year-old national record holder must have been disappointed not being able to hit the 60m mark but now she has a chance to make amends in Saturday’s final (6:50am IST). She has a season and personal best of 63.82m.
Those who hit the 62.50m mark or the 12 with the best results in the two groups will advance to the final round. Only three opponents were able to make it past the 62.50m automatic qualifying mark.
America’s season leader Maggie Malone failed to reach the final after finishing 12th in Group B and 22nd overall with a best throw of 54.19m while defending champion Kelsey-Lee Barber of Australia made it. entered the medal round as the fifth best player with a 61.27m top effort.
Annu qualified for the World Championship finals for the second time in a row in her third appearance on the show. She finished eighth in the final with the best 61.12m long throw in the most recent event in 2019 in Doha. She failed to make it through to the 2017 finals in London after placing 10th in her qualifying group.
She broke her own national record with a 63.82m throw while winning a gold medal in the May Indian Open javelin throw in Jamshedpur.
In the women’s 5000m, Parul Chaudhary failed to reach the semi-finals after placing 17th at heat 2 and 31 overall with a time of 15:54.03. The 27-year-old has a season best of 15:39.77 and a personal best of 15:36.03.
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Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will compete in the men’s javelin group A qualifying round on Friday (5:35am IST). Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Jakub Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic and 2012 London Olympics gold medalist Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago will be in his group.
Defending champion Anderson Peters of Grenada will compete in the qualifying round of Group B. The final will be held on Sunday.
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