Javelin thrower Davinder Singh Kang creates history by becoming first thrower to reach finals at World Championships

 Javelin thrower Davinder Singh Kang creates history

It has been a real roller coaster of a few months for javelin thrower Davinder Singh Kang, that has most recently reached an all-new high. The athlete reached his first-ever World Championships final with a humongous 84.22 m throw, thus becoming the only Indian to qualify for the finals of an event at the competition so far as well.

Javelin thrower Davinder Singh Kang creates history by becoming first thrower to reach finals at World Championships 

In May this year Davinder broke his personal best and threw the javelin a whopping 84.57 m in the Indian Grand Prix Athletics Meet in Patiala, Winning gold Medal as well as a spot in the World Championships. Both davinder and 19-year-old young sensation and junior world champion Neeraj Chopra crossed the 83 m mark which was the qualification mark.

Many Speculations were made before reaching London

'He won't win a medal anyway' - AFI Official

According to a source close to Davinder, his tickets were not dispatched till the very last day before his travels as AFI attempted to dissuade him from participation. Th esource said, "Despite getting a clearance, Davinder was not aware till his last day of July 27 whether he was going. He got calls regularly from officials asking him not to go. In fact, during one of the AFI meetings, they discussed whether they should risk him or not as he will not win a medal anyway. How are they sure he won't win? Javelin is our best sport in Athletics, and when Davinder threw his 84.57 m, during the first leg of the Indian Grand Prix, he was given a clean chit. Then why does the AFI think he can't compete when NADA thinks he can."

He even Posted his Troubles on Social Media as he received the tickets to London and Promised a better performance and he shut all the officials by qualifying into finals ahead of Neeraj Chopra.