{"id":256708,"date":"2026-08-08T05:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/08\/ashish-yadav-wins-silver-in-mens-javelin-event-in-world-athletics-u20-championships\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:59:16","slug":"ashish-yadav-wins-silver-in-mens-javelin-event-in-world-athletics-u20-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/08\/ashish-yadav-wins-silver-in-mens-javelin-event-in-world-athletics-u20-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashish Yadav wins silver in men\u2019s javelin event in World Athletics U20 Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"picture verticle\"><picture><!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1600px)\" sizes=\"960px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/t2ksz7\/article71320693.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/5d5c4dc8-47f2-41cd-966b-c7771d7c3fd7.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1599px)\" sizes=\"640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/t2ksz7\/article71320693.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/5d5c4dc8-47f2-41cd-966b-c7771d7c3fd7.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 767px)\" sizes=\"400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/t2ksz7\/article71320693.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_660\/5d5c4dc8-47f2-41cd-966b-c7771d7c3fd7.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" sizes=\"320px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/t2ksz7\/article71320693.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_320\/5d5c4dc8-47f2-41cd-966b-c7771d7c3fd7.jpg\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n                    Ashish\u00a0Yadav\u2019s third-round throw of 74.09m fetched him the silver medal. File.<br \/>\n                                          | Photo Credit: Sportstar\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-body-71320688\">\n<div class=\"schemaDiv\" id=\"schemaDiv\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Ashish Yadav won a silver in the men\u2019s javelin throw event to open India\u2019s medal account on the third day of the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, USA.<\/p>\n<p>Yadav\u2019s third-round throw of 74.09m fetched him the silver medal, while T. Dharanidharan, the other Indian in the fray in the men\u2019s javelin throw finals, finished sixth with 72.35m.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old Yadav became the second Indian, after two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sport\/athletics\/neeraj-chopra-wins-silver-at-world-athletics-championships-scripts-history-again\/article65677299.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">to win a silver in the event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chopra had won gold and set the still-standing world junior record of 86.48m in the 2016 edition in Poland.<\/p>\n<p>The gold medal went to South Africa\u2019s Jan-Hendrik Heymans, who sent his spear to 80.50m, the season\u2019s U20 world lead, in his sixth and final attempt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"update-publish-time article-published-time-end\">\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published <span>&#8211; August 08, 2026 11:25 am IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sport\/athletics\/ashish-yadav-wins-silver-in-mens-javelin-event-opens-indias-account-in-world-athletics-u20-championships\/article71320688.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashish\u00a0Yadav\u2019s third-round throw of 74.09m fetched him the silver medal. File. | Photo Credit: Sportstar Ashish Yadav won a silver in the men\u2019s javelin throw event to open India\u2019s medal account on the third day of the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, USA. Yadav\u2019s third-round throw of 74.09m fetched him the silver medal, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":256709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6802],"tags":[75066,75068,75071,75069,75070,75067],"class_list":{"0":"post-256708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","10":"tag-junior-javelin-throw-performance","11":"tag-mens-javelin-silver-medal","12":"tag-u20-world-athletics-results","13":"tag-world-u20-championships-highlights"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}