The Indian Javelin thrower Annu Rani gets qualified for the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Tokyo Olympics is starting from 23rd July in Tokyo and Annu Rani successfully got herself a ticket to represent her country in the Olympics.

On Friday, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) confirmed her qualification for the Olympics through her world ranking.

SAI Media tweeted, "#AnnuRani has qualified for #Tokyo2020 in women's javelin throw through her world ranking (18th). Many congratulations to her. #Cheer4India #TokyoOlympics".

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Currently, she is the 11th rank women javelin thrower in the world.

Annu said in an interview, "We are currently training with medicine balls. We are trying to add routines that mimic our throwing action out there on the ground. So basic strength exercises, weight training, and core exercises are part of my routine".

She also added, "We are not used to sitting at home. Our schedules are always geared towards tournaments or regimen. So our diets need focus. I now have to eat smaller portions as the load isn't as heavy. I have cornflakes, bread, paneer, and some fruit in the morning. Roti and a curry at noon, a beverage and some snacks in the evening and roti with a vegetable perhaps for dinner. But I can't eat as much as I would in normal circumstances." 

Earlier she couldn't make it to the Olympics because her throw was a bit away from the required qualification mark of 64m. Earlier this year, she missed the qualification as she registered a throw at a distance of 62.43 at the IAAF World Athletics Championship. At this moment she broke her own national record of 62.34 m.

Also, more than 100 players from India have been qualified for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 this year. This Olympic is definitely going to be a great one for the Indian athletes.

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When the exclusion of badminton from the 2026 Commonwealth Games feels like unhealed pain for Indian badminton fans, the shuttles shine at the Japan Para Badminton International 2024 in Tokyo. India concluded their campaign with 24 medals, including six gold, nine silver, and nine bronze.

Sivarajan Solaimalai defeated Chun Yim Wong of Hong Kong in straight games (21-16, 21-16), thus winning the gold medal in the men's single SH6 category.

Manisha Ramadass clinched the gold medal by defeating Japan's Mamiko Toyoda by 21-12, 21-18 in the SU5 women's singles category.

Sukant Kadam, however, defeated his contemporary Indian Tarun Dhillon by 21-12, 21-10 to win the gold in the SL4 Men's Singles Category.

Naveen Sivakumar and Surya Kant won the bronze medals.

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Upset For Paralympic Champion Nitesh Kumar at the Japan Para Badminton International 2024

Japan's Fujihara Daisuke defeated Nitesh Kumar in a thrilling three-game contest in the final, with Kumar winning just one in the middle. The scoreboard says 16-21, 21-18, 19-21. Nitesh had to settle for silver

Hardik Makkar too received a silver medal after being defeated by Japan's Taio by 5-21, 19-21 in the SU5 Men's single final. Ruthik Raghupati won a bronze medal in this category.

The other silver came after Coraline Bergeron of France defeated Neeraj in the women's singles SL3 category final.

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Gold haul counts three

Hardik who failed in the SU5 Men's single, partnered with Ruthik and won gold by defeating the Indo-Polish duo Dev Rathi and Bartlomiej Mroz. 

Umesh Vikram Kumar and Surya Kant Yadav won the gold medal in the SL3-SL4 men's double category by defeating their fellow Indians Sukant Kadam and Dinesh Rajaiah 21-5, 20-22, 21-16.

In the D SH6 category, Sudarsan Saravanakumar Mutusamy and Sivarajan Solaimalai won the gold medal.

The Paris Olympics 2024 started on 26th July with a grand opening ceremony. This time the Olympics is being organized in Paris, the capital of France. For which complete preparations have been made. This time a total of 10,500 athletes are participating in the Olympics 2024. The eyes of these athletes will be on winning medals for their respective countries. It's time we look at India's Paris Olympics 2024 Day 12 (August 7) schedule.

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From India, 117 athletes have participated in the Olympics. Among these athletes, 72 players are part of the Olympic Games for the first time. The eyes of the entire country are fixed on these athletes. 

On the Paris Olympics 2024 Day 12, all eyes will be on Mirabai Chanu in the women's 49kg weightlifting bout and Jyothi Yarraji in the women's 100m hurdles. India's women's javelin thrower Annu Rani will also fight for the qualification in Group A. Apart from this, the Indian women's table tennis team will play their quarterfinal match against Germany. So, let us tell you in detail which sports Indian athletes will be seen in action on Day 12.

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Paris Olympics 2024 Day 12 (7th August) Schedule

Athletics

• Marathon Race Walk Relay Mixed (Gold Medal Event) - Suraj Panwar/Priyanka Goswami - 11:00 AM
• Men's High Jump Qualification - Sarvesh Kushare - 1:35 PM
• Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1 - Jyothi Yarraji - 1:45 PM
• Women's Javelin Throw Qualification Group A - Annu Rani - 1:55 PM
• Men's Triple Jump Qualification - Praveen Chithravel & Abdulla Aboobacker Narangolintevida - 10:45 PM

Golf

• Women's Individual Stroke Play Round 1 - Aditi Ashok & Diksha Dagar - 12:30 PM

Table Tennis

• Women's Team Quarterfinal - India vs Germany - 1:30 PM

Wrestling

• Women's Freestyle 53kg 1/8 Final - Antim Panghal vs Zeynep Yetgil (Turkey) - 2:30 PM

Weightlifting

• Women's 49kg - Saikhom Mirabai Chanu - 11:00 PM

15-year-old Yan Ziyi of China brought herself into the International spotlight by setting a new women's javelin throw World Junior Record (U20) at the National Athletics Grand Prix 2 meeting on Sunday. Ziyi smashed a remarkable throw of 64.28m. However, she narrowly missed the Chinese National Record by 0.06m. 

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Yan Ziyi, who will celebrate her 16th birthday in May, surpassed the previous record of Cuba's Yulenmis Aguilar, set in August 2015. In addition, her throw also surpassed the unratified mark of 63.96m by Elina Tzengko of Greece in August 2020.

Yan Ziyi beat three-time World Championships Lu Huihui, who threw 61.95m, to clinch the gold medal. She surpassed the 60m in four of her five competitions this year. With her latest throw, she went past her previous personal and season-best mark of 62.23m set in Chengdu at the start of this month. On Sunday, she added another two meters to that mark to improve her throw.

Ziyi kicked of the National Athletics Grand Prix 2 with a powerful throw of 60.83m on her first attempt and followed it with 59.53m on her second attempt. Despite fouling in the next three rounds Ziyi ended the series on a high, launching the implement 64.28m to win the competition, set a world lead and break the U20 record. 

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To place Ziyi's record into perspective, it must be told that India's Annu Rani won the Asian Games gold medal in Hangzhou last year with a 69.92m throw, while the Chinese national record stands at 64.34m held by Huihui achieved in May 2020.

Annu Rani won the gold medal in the javelin throw event in the 26th Senior Federation Cup 2023 held in Ranchi on Tuesday. With this win, she has also qualified for the Asian Games and Asian Athletics Championships.

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At the Federation Cup 2023 held at the Birsa Munda Stadium, Annu smashed the all-important qualifying standard with a throw of 59.24m, which is well above the AFI-set standard of 56.46m. She also qualified for the Asian Athletics Championships, which will start in Bangkok, Thailand in July. The qualifying mark for women's javelin throw is 54.73m. Earlier Annu had brought laurels to the country by winning a bronze medal in Birmingham, England.

14 finals were played on the second day of the Federation Cup 2023, in which 27 athletes qualified for continental athletics events. On Monday too, 20 athletes breached the qualifying standards. In men's shot put, reigning Asian Games champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor on Monday won gold with a throw of 20.42m, shattering the qualifying standards for both the Asian Games and the Asian Athletics Championships.

Besides Tajinderpal, Sahib Singh (19.23m) and Karanveer Singh (19.05m) finished second and third and made the cut. Priya H Mohan emerged victorious in the women's 400m race with an effort of 53.40 seconds and made the cut. Meanwhile, in the men's 400m race, Rajesh Ramesh (43.75s) and Muhammed Ajmal (45.85) finished first and second and made the cut. But Muhammed Anas Yahiya failed to cross the qualification mark despite finishing third with a timing of 46.19s.

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In addition, Amiya Kumar Mallick won the gold medal in the men's 100m final with a timing of 10.31 s. Although it was not enough to beat the Asian Championships qualification mark of 10.19 s. While Srabani Nanda won the women's 100m in 11.44 seconds. But she too did not make the cut for the continental competition.

India's Annu Rani qualified for the women's Javelin Throw final at the World Athletics Championships 2022 in Oregon on Wednesday. As an Indian, she set the precedent of reaching the final twice in a row in this competition. The javelin thrower went before the finals of the 2019 Doha World Championships.

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Annu was in Group B in the qualifying round of the World Athletics Championships 2022. Though her first throw was rejected, the 29-year-old threw 55.35 meters in the second attempt. In the last attempt, Annu threw the javelin at a distance of 59.60m. Although she reached the finals of the World Championships, she couldn't reach the finals of the Tokyo Olympics. Annu finished 14th in the qualifying round there. She threw the javelin at a distance of 54.04 meters at that time.

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Annu broke her own National record by throwing the javelin at a distance of 63.82 meters at the India Open in Jamshedpur in May. She is the first Indian from Uttar Pradesh who reached the World Athletics final. Only at the age of 18, Annu participated in the Javelin competition for the first time.

"I was nervous for the last throw because I could have fouled and not made the cut, but I went ahead and made the attempt. I am not happy. I didn't do well. But I have reached the final, so I'll try to do well there,"

Annu Rani said

Annu, who claimed that her body didn't respond well enough during her attempts, was placed eighth overall among 29 athletes.

"The first throw was not good, and I fouled, the second was 55m, and then slowly the body started warming up"

She added

Haruka Kitaguchi of Japan topped the qualifying round with 64.32m. China's Liu Shiying was second (63.86m). Liveta Jasiunaite of Lithuania finished third with a throw of 63.80m. Annu will play the final on Saturday, 23rd July. Before that, Neeraj Chopra will come down on Friday morning and will enter the qualification stage.