Julius Yego fails to qualify for the Men's Javelin finals at the Tokyo Olympics [photo courtesy]Olympic silver medallist Julius Yego bowed out of the Tokyo Olympics after the javelin qualification round on Wednesday, but was quick to say he had not done enough. He said he was not happy with the results, but then again was just happy that he was able to compete after picking up an injury in training before the qualification round. Yego was able to throw 77.34m in his third attempt, which was also his season-best as the Tokyo Olympics was only his second competition after the trials at Kasarani. It was a tough qualification round with saw both the Olympic silver medallist in Yego and the bronze medallist Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago failed to reach the final. The qualification round also claimed the 2019 world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada who threw 80.42m to be ranked 15th with the top 12 bookings a place in the final.

Source: Standard Digital August 04, 2021 04:07 UTC