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World Athletic Championship 2022: Annu Rani, Indian Women Qualifies for Women’s Javelin Final

World Athletic Championship 2022 Annu Rani, Indian Women Qualifies for Women’s Javelin Final

World Athletic Championship 2022: Annu Rani, Indian Women Qualifies for Women’s Javelin Final: The 18th World Athletics Championship, 2022 is currently held at Hayward Field in Eugene Oregon, United States. The Championship was announced on March 11, 2022 after being delayed for more than a year due to pandemic.

Annu Rani qualified for the women’s javelin finals event. She threw javelin at 59.60m which made her qualify as the 12 best performer. Three athletes crossed the mark of 62.5m. She received her best in her third attempt. Also, she has entered her second successive final in the World Championship.

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Annu Rani

Rani scaled the 59/60 mark in her third throw and finished 5th in her group and 8th overall. her second attempt was 55.37m which was followed by her foul in first throw. Her second attempt made India to reach the 21st rank on the list. Her third throw thereby ensured her qualifications to the finals.

The best throw was achieved by Japan’s Haruka Kitaguchi hitting the 64.32m mark followed by China’s Shiying Liu hitting 63.86m and Lithuania’s Livia Jasiunaite hitting 63.80m.

Annu Rani belonging from Western Uttar Pradesh in India, recorded an average of 60m in the season so far. She started her season with a throw of 61.15m at the National Federation Cup Athletics Championships in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

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World Athletic Championship 2022: Annu Rani, Indian Women Qualifies for Women’s Javelin Final

Annu Rani

In 2019, she achieved to become the first Indian female javelin thrower to sail into the final of the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

The finals would take place on July 23 IST, Saturday in Oregon.

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