With Arjun’s narrow miss, India’s tryst with fourth-place at Olympics continues in Paris
The 25-year-old Arjun’s narrow miss in Paris has added another chapter to India’s history with fourth-place finishes at the Olympic Games.
The 25-year-old Arjun’s narrow miss in Paris has added another chapter to India’s history with fourth-place finishes at the Olympic Games.
Vivaan Kapoor, Zoravar Singh Sandhu and Prithviraj Tondaiman in the men’s trap event managed to progress beyond the qualifying rounds.
The top two teams in each heat on the opening day will advance to the final on day two. They will also secure Olympic quotas in the process.
With Paris Olympic quotas on offer to the top five finishers, the Indian finished third with a timing of 7:01.27.
Nadeem, who came up with the magic mark of 90.18m throw to claim the gold at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022, on Thursday revealed that the only international standard javelin that he had is currently out of shape. Consequently, Nadeem is currently training with a locally-made javelin but that could lead to injury in the run-up to the Paris Olympics
