Welcome to Sports starLIVE coverage of the Group B women’s javelin throw qualifier, where Annu Rani is set to showcase.
LIVE COMMENTS
Keep stable! Live coverage begins at 5:20 a.m. IST.
– With 40 minutes to go, the athletes of Group B are being led to the midfield to see and feel the conditions. Annu Rani was the last to leave the tent. When the two-time Asian Championship medalist stepped outside, she looked up at the sky and touched the leopard badge on her jersey.
– We finished qualifying for Group A, where only three athletes could score 60m or more. Of those, only Liveta Jasiunaite earned a direct spot for her season’s best effort of 63.80m.
Annu Rani, who improved his National Record to 63.82m in May 2022 at the Indian Open Javelin Throw Competition in Jamshedpur, needs to throw 62.50m or be in the ‘top 12’ out of 29 schools. to reach the final on July 22 (July 23 according to IST).
PERFORMANCE IN PRIOR VERSION OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONS
World No. 16 Annu reached the final at the 17th world event in Doha in 2019. In qualifying, she registered to throw 62.43m (then NR). In the final, she finished eighth with a best of 61.12m.
