Olympics: Nnamdi crashes out in men’s javelin throw

Team Nigeria’s Chinecherem Nnamdi on Tuesday at the Stade de France in Paris failed to cross the first hurdle in the men’s javelin throw event of the 2024 Olympic Games.

Nnamdi placed 14th among 15 throwers in the Qualification Round Group B to be out of contention for a medal from the event.

He was rated with his first throw of 77.53 metres, which happened to be his best from the possible three throws.

Nnamdi who is number 24 on the world rankings failed to get it right with his second throw, and could only throw 76.45 in his third and last attempt.

The 22-year-old who has a personal and season best 82.80m was definitely out of the league in this competition where 84.00m was set as qualification standard.

The qualification criteria was for all athletes meeting the qualification standard or at least 12 best performers to advance ti the final.

””Yes, I definitely didn’t meet the standard. But there is still room for further improvement on my side.

”I will no doubt go on to work on myself to be able to give out more and represent my country better,” Nnamdi told NAN.

NAN reports however that performance was generally low in the competition, with the best in Group B, Neeraj Chopra, recording 89.34.

Andreas Thorildsen of Norway holds the event’s Olympic record of 90.57 set at Beijing in August 2008.

Jan Zelezny of the Chech Republic who threw 98.48 at J3na in May 1996 still holds the world record.