Himanshu Jakhar clinches India’s first-ever Javelin gold at the Asian U18 Athletics Championships
Himanshu Jakhar clinched India’s first javelin gold medal with a massive throw of 67.57m at the Asian U18 Athletics Championship in Qatif, Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
The medal is also India’s first medal of the meet.
The 17-year-old from Haryana outshined China’s Lu Hao (63.45m) and Uzbekistan’s Ruslan Sadullaev (61.96m).
Himanshu has a personal best of 74.56m (700gm), which he achieved at the National Junior Athletics Championships in December 2024 and has trained alongside legends Neeraj Chopra and Jan Zelezny in South Africa earlier this year.