Ashish Yadav Bags Silver In Javelin As India Open Medal Account At World Athletics U20 Championships | Video
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Eugene: Ashish Yadav won a silver in the men's javelin throw event to open India's medal account on the third day of the World Athletics U20 Championships here.
ASHISH YADAV — SILVER AT THE WORLD!
HE'S DONE IT! Ashish Yadav launches 74.09m to win SILVER in the Men's Javelin at the World U20 Championships, Oregon 26!
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Yadav's third round throw of 74.09m fetched him the silver medal while T Dharanidharan, the other Indian in the fray in the men's javelin throw finals, finished sixth with 72.35m.
The 19-year-old Yadav became the second Indian, after two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra, to win a silver in the event.
ASHISH YADAV JUMPS TO SILVER MEDAL POSITION AFTER 3 ROUNDS!
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After three rounds:
1⃣ Jan-Hendrik Heymans – 76.92m
2⃣ Ashish Yadav – 74.09m
5⃣T. Dharanidharan – 71.22m #WorldAthleticsU20 #AshishYadav #Dharanidharan #Javelin #IndianAthletics #U20Worlds #Athletics #NNISSports… pic.twitter.com/eOR3e6UUWY
Chopra had won gold and set the still-standing world junior record of 86.48m in the 2016 edition in Poland.
The gold medal went to South Africa's Jan-Hendrik Heymans who sent his spear to 80.50m, the season's U20 world lead, in his sixth and final attempt.
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