Julius Yego Fires Into Javelin Final With Huge First Throw at World Athletics Championships

Julius Yego, after a successful season, was hoping to extend his hot streak to the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

The 2015 world champion has yet to miss a World Championship since starting his campaign at the 2013 World Championships in Russia, where he finished fourth in the final.

Julius Yego started his campaign with an automatic qualification to the final, clearing 85.96m. Anderson Peters and Rumesh Pathirage were second and third in their first attempts after clearing 84.44m and 82.44m.

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In the first group, Germany's Julian Webber was in great shape as he qualified for the final, clearing 87.21m as Poland's Dawid Wegner came in second in a personal best time of 85.67m. Neeraj Chopra also made the final after coming in third in 84.85m.

This season, he started his campaign at the Diamond League Meeting in Doha, finishing sixth before proceeding to the Kip Keino Classic, where he missed the podium, fading to fifth.

The 2015 world javelin champion then won the Motonet GP Lahti and Paavo Nurmi Games, then returned to the Diamond League, finishing sixth in Paris.

Julius Yego went ahead to the Kenyan Championships, where he was impressive as he claimed the win before heading to the Neeraj Chopra Classic, also achieving a podium finish as he finished in second.

At the Diamond League Meeting in Silesia, Julius Yego was flawless as he cleared 83.60m to win. He then competed at the Diamond League Meeting in Brussels and the final in Zurich, finishing fifth in both events.