Arshad Nadeem, in his opening attempt in the Olympics men’s javelin throw qualifier at the Stade de France, has thrown a solid 86.59m throw to land in second place in the men’s javelin throw qualifier at the Stade de France.
Reigning Olympic and world champion India’s Neeraj Chopra leads the field with a massive 89.34m throw, a season best.
Grenada’s Anderson Peters joined his South Asian counterparts in the finals with an 86.59m first attempt.
Four athletes from the Group A qualification round have already advanced to Thursday night’s final.
Germany’s Julian Weber leads the field with a strong 87.76 metre throw. The reigning European Games champion’s one and only throw was enough to comfortably get him through the final.
Julius Yego, who took home silver for Kenya at the Rio 2016 Olympics, has the second best throw of the day so far with a season’s best throw of 85.97m.
Jakub Vadlejch’s lone 85.63m attempt landed an easy third place spot for the current world number 1 from Czechia.
Finland’s Toni Keranen’s got off to a flying start at his Olympic debut with 85.27m throw — a personal and season best.
