Annu Rani betters personal javelin nationwide document, nonetheless misses Olympics mark

Annu Rani bettered her personal javelin throw nationwide document however nonetheless missed the Tokyo Olympics qualification mark by greater than half a metre on the opening day of the Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships right here on Monday.
Rani clinched the gold with a finest throw of 63.24m which she got here up in her third try, obliterating her earlier nationwide mark of 62.43m which she had recorded throughout the World Championships in Doha in 2019.
The Tokyo Olympics qualification mark for girls’s javelin throw is 64m.
The 28-year-old, who had gained a bronze within the 2014 Asian Games and a silver within the Asian Championships in 2019, was representing Uttar Pradesh within the nationwide occasion.
Sanjana Choudhary of Rajasthan was a distant second with a finest throw of 54.55m whereas Haryana’s Kumari Sharmila was third with a finest effort of fifty.78m within the eight-athlete subject.