Ashish Yadav bags javelin silver, gives India first medal at World U20 Championships

Ashish Yadav won silver in the men's javelin throw event to open India's medal account on the third day of the World Athletics U20 Championships here.

Yadav's third-round throw of 74.09m fetched him the silver, while T Dharanidharan, the other Indian in the men's javelin throw final, finished sixth with 72.35m.

The 19-year-old Yadav became the second Indian, after two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra, to win a silver in the event.

Chopra had won gold and set the still-standing world junior record of 86.48m at the 2016 edition in Poland.

The gold went to South Africa's Jan-Hendrik Heymans, who sent his spear to 80.50m, the season's U20 world lead, in his sixth and final attempt.