Annu Rani is the second Indian woman Javelin Thrower to qualify for Olimpiadenew Delhi: has become a roller-coaster ride for the thrower of Javelin Annu Rani.
Until the end of June, he was in Tenterhooks, not sure whether he would get to the Tokyo Olympics.
July 1 brings good news.
World athletics announced the remaining quota places for Javelin women’s throws, and Annu was told that he had cut it.
He qualifies to Tokyo based on his world ranking, the 18th at the cut-off.
Now in 11th place, Annu is the Thrower of Javelin the second woman of India after Gurmeet Kaur in the Sydney 2000 game to qualify for the Olympics.
That he could not be eligible by breaking the Olympic qualification sign (set at 64m) did bother him, but he did not complain.
“Throwing 64m in my mind.
My coach and I believe I can develop a 70m thrower,” Annu Rani said.
“I have to improve my technique and use my strength better to throw Javelin further,” he said.
To put everything in perspective, only nine women who violate 64m barrier this season.
Having a world athletics is not given a quota point based on rankings, fields in Tokyo games will not be complete.
Maria Andrejczyk Poland has thrown 71.40m, Christin Hussong Germany has 69.19m for its credit and Maggie Malone which has reached 67.40 million.
The best Annu came earlier this year in March at the Federation Cup in Patiala, where he threw 63.24m.
It was far from the Olympic qualification sign, but he broke his own national record for the eighth period of surprise in his career.
The first came in 2014, and since it has become the thrower of the best Indian Javelin women.
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Love to throw begins in the cane field of Bahadurpur Village in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
It was in these fields where he first began throwing a Tugu stick on his brother’s insistence upendra, who paid attention to strength on his body.
Annu will throw a cricket ball into the stump from the boundary line during a cricket match in their village.
Upendra is a long distance runner and supported by Annu in his pursuit.
But his father disagreed.
“I begged him.
Finally, because I was the youngest at home and everyone liked me, he allowed me to exercise.
He thought I would play for a while and give up later,” Annu said, who came from a farmer family.
Because his family was unable to buy Javelin right, Annu made of bamboo sticks.
“My brother convinced my first coach Kashinath to ride Sir (former international).
That’s how my journey began.”
Annu Rani: From throwing Sugar sticks to represent India at the Tokyo Olympics
