Neeraj Chopra earned his Olympic berth by throwing 87.86m at the Athletics Central North East meeting. The chances of a javelin medal are now pretty high.?
85m is the qualification mark and he breached it easily.
"I'm happy with the result as I went in to the competition with the mindset to warm up for the season," he said.??
"Once I did well with the first three throws (all being above 80m), I decided to push a bit harder in the fourth attempt," he added.?
He missed out on the IAAF World Championships, the Diamond League and Asian Championships due to an elbow injury.
The last time he competed at a major event as the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games where he bagged gold by throwing 88.06m which is a national record.
He had surgery in May last year.?
KT Irfan meanwhile was the first Indian from athletics to qualify for Tokyo by coming fourth in the 20km event of the Asian Race Walking Championships in March 2019.
India's mixed 4x400m relay team made the cut after making it into the top 8 at the Doha World Championships.