Jhajharia books Tokyo berth with world record
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Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia rewrote his own world record as he punched his ticket for the Tokyo Paralympics during a national selection trial here. The 40-year-old, who has won two gold medals in the men’s F46 category at the Paralympics, sent the spear to a distance of 65.71m during the trials here on Wednesday. “Today at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi, I qualified for the Tokyo Paralympics by setting a new world record of 65.71, breaking my older record of 63.97 [set at Rion in 2016] in a qualifying event.More Related News