Rohit Yadav is the leading Indian javelin thrower with a season best of 87.05m. Two-time Olympic and world medallist Neeraj Chopra’s season best of 85.69m was recorded recently at Doha Diamond League.
Spotlight was on javelin thrower Rohit Yadav as he was ranked second in the current global top list in men’s javelin throw with a massive throw of 87.05m on the concluding day of the 65th National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships at Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium on Sunday.
Promising international javelin thrower Rohit Yadav, 25, hurdled the spear to a distance of 87.05m in his last attempt to win gold.
With Sunday’s performance he has emerged as the leading Indian javelin thrower this season and second in the global top list behind Sri Lankan Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage (92.62m).
Two-time Olympic and world medallist Neeraj Chopra is currently at fourth spot in the global top list with a throw of 85.69m. He will move one place down when the top list is revised.
Andreson Peters season best of 86.38m has ranked in third in the current global top list. And Curtis Thompson of the USA is fourth with 85.99m.
Rohit Yadav’s previous best of 83.04m was recorded in 2023. The mark of 87.05m was also better than the meet record of 84.35m set by Manu DP in 2022.
“Today’s performance was a big boost to my confidence ahead of major competitions like Glasgow Commonwealth Games and Japan Asian Games,” says the 25 years old international thrower. “I’ve been crossing distances of 86m and 87m in practice but I couldn’t translate good throws during competitions. It was hurting me badly. But I’m happy to have set a new benchmark in competition.”
Rohit Yadav had a series of 77.71m, 77.63m, no mark, 77.51m, 79.40m and 87.05m.
“I was able to achieve a throw of 87.05m in my last attempt because I got a good rhythm,” says the Uttar Pradesh thrower.
To perform up to optimum level in future, says Rohit Yadav, I should cultivate a habit of crossing 85m or 86m in opening throws.
Apart from Rohit Yadav, Yashvir Singh (83.72m) and Sachin Yadav (82.32m) finished second and third, respectively, also achieved the Japan Asian Games qualification mark of 77.87m.
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