Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra qualifies for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Neeraj Chopra has qualified for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The ace thrower managed to record a throw of 87.86m at the Athletics Central North East meeting in South Africa.

[Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra (Courtesy: ANI) ]

With this throw, he crossed the benchmark of 85m. The thrower also uploaded a video of his feat and captioned the post as 87.86 meters.

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Chopra was bogged down by an elbow injury, and this event is the thrower's first competitive event after full recovery. The elbow injury had forced Neeraj to miss competitive action for the bulk of 2019.