In the Asian Games 2023 men’s javelin throw competition, Neeraj Chopra won the gold and Odisha’s Kishore Kumar Jena bagged the silver at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Park Main Stadium, in the People’s Republic of China on Wednesday.
After his first throw was chalked off due to technical issues at the venue, Neeraj Chopra managed a season’s best of 88.88m with his fourth attempt to successfully defend his Asian Games crown.
This was the Indian javelin ace’s second gold medal at the continental meet after topping the podium at Jakarta 2018.
Odisha’s Kishore Kumar Jena bagged the Silver medal in Javelin Throw with Personal Best of 87.54 m and qualified for the Paris Olympics.
Kishore Jena turned out to be the surprise of the night by winning his first major international medal at Hangzhou and resetting his personal best not once but twice on the same night.
Kishore kumar Jena improves to 87.54m, Neeraj Chopra takes pole position 88.88m https://t.co/oUsprqkrKH
— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) October 4, 2023
Kishore Kumar Jena, who briefly led Neeraj in the Hangzhou 2023 men’s javelin throw standings, registered 86.77m with his third throw to surpass his previous personal best of 84.77m, logged at the Budapest world championships earlier this year. He went on to improve it to 87.54m with his fourth throw, which eventually won him the silver medal in Hangzhou.
Japan’s Roderick Genki Dean took the bronze with an 82.68m mark, which came in his fifth throw.
Picture of the day.
It’s celebration time.@Neeraj_chopra1 @Adille1 @Media_SAI pic.twitter.com/Tvvwurrw7w— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) October 4, 2023
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