TOKYO, Japan, Sept 17 – Veteran Julius Yego is on course to reclaim the world javelin title he won in 2015 after progressing into the final at the ongoing Tokyo World Championships.
Yego, competing in Group B, started on a high after throwing a season’s best of 85.96m in the first attempt, booking the automatic final qualifying mark of 84.50m.
The five-time Africa champion, aiming to return to the podium in a global competition for the first time since 2016, won silver at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.
He achieved that feat a year after winning his first world title in Beijing, where the 36-year-old threw an African Record and Personal Best of 92.72m.
Anderson Peters of Grenada topped Group B with a season’s best throw of 89.53 and was joined in the final by Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan (85.28m), American Curtis Thompson (84.72m).
German Julian Weber dominated Group A with an 87.21m throw, to be joined by Dawid Wegner of Poland (85.67m), and defending champion Neeraj Chopra of India (84.85m)
The final is scheduled to be held tomorrow, Thursday, September 18.
