Ashish Yadav Bags Silver In Javelin As India Open Medal Account At World Athletics U20 Championships | Video
Ashish Yadav opened India's medal account at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene with a silver in men's javelin throw. His third-round effort of 74.09m earned him the medal, while compatriot T Dharanidharan finished sixth with 72.35m. Yadav became only the second Indian after Neeraj Chopra to win a silver in the event. South Africa's Jan-Hendrik Heymans won gold with 80.50m.
Ashish Yadav Bags Silver In Javelin As India Open Medal Account At World Athletics U20 Championships | Video | X / @afiindia
Eugene: Ashish Yadav won a silver in the men's javelin throw event to open India's medal account on the third day of the World Athletics U20 Championships here.
Yadav's third round throw of 74.09m fetched him the silver medal while T Dharanidharan, the other Indian in the fray in the men's javelin throw finals, finished sixth with 72.35m.
The 19-year-old Yadav became the second Indian, after two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra, to win a silver in the event.
Chopra had won gold and set the still-standing world junior record of 86.48m in the 2016 edition in Poland.
The gold medal went to South Africa's Jan-Hendrik Heymans who sent his spear to 80.50m, the season's U20 world lead, in his sixth and final attempt.
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