Toor had qualified for Olympics with a personal best of 21.49m in the Indian Grand Prix 4 in June. Had he repeated that performance, he would have been an automatic qualifier to the final round.
American duo Gabby Thomas and Noah Lyles took impressive 200 metres victories and two men posted monster, wind-assisted 90 metre javelin throws as the Diamond League season got underway on a lively night in front of a noisy crowd in Doha on Friday.
The upcoming Games will be held from July 26 to August 11 and India would be hoping to better its best ever tally of seven medals, including Chopra's historic javelin throw gold at the Tokyo Games.
Andhra Pradesh's Jyothi Yarraji and Tejas Shirse of Maharashtra won their third successive gold medals in the women's 110m hurdles and men's 100m hurdles respectively at the National Games in Dehradun.
American Masai Russell won the Olympic 100 metres hurdles title in a blanket finish on Saturday.
He also said that "in some way or the other," his preparations for Paris Olympics will be different, though he did not elaborate.
Anderson Peters of Grenada and Tokyo Olympics silver winner Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic had come up with 93.07m and 90.88m throws respectively
Following is India's schedule on the 12th day of the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.
Star para athlete Devendra Jhajharia was named for the prestigious Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour in the country while Olympic gold winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was among eight sportspersons named for the Padma Shri.
Build-up hit by pull-outs and dope flunks, India still hopeful of good show in Asian Athletics Championships from Wednesday
The Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar is one of the best facilities in the country and it has hosted several national championships and the Asian Championships in 2017 during which it had earned praise from the current World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.
'India has expressed interest to host the 2036 Olympics and 2030 Youth Olympics'
World champion and season leader Anderson Peters of Grenada won the competition with a best throw of 90.31m which he came up with in this third attempt.
Check out the schedule of the World Athletics Championships to be held in Moscow from August 10-18.
With the Tokyo Paralympics opening on Tuesday, here's a look at all the past Indian medallists.
Olympic and World champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra vowed to go one step ahead in the next Diamond League meeting after finishing a close second during the Doha leg on Friday.
He has competed in just three events this year but the 26-year-old world champion is back in full flow in a season where none of his global competitors have done exceptionally well.
Gold medallist Arshaf Nadeem brings Pakistan's first medal home to hero's welcome
Neeraj Chopra won gold at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland on Tuesday and while the winning throw was well short of his personal best the Indian said he is happy with his fitness ahead of the Paris Olympics.
'Despite the fact that I did not win tonight, I feel very good because I did my best'
WA noted that the 23-year-old Chopra had 143,000 followers before the Olympics, but now has a staggering 3.2million (on Instagram), making him the most followed track and field athlete in the world.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra returned to winning ways in the men's javelin following his silver at the World Championships last month. His effort of 89.08 metres with his first throw was enough for gold at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne on Friday.
Images from the athletics action at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris, on Friday.
'The prep for Paris Olympics is going strong. Keep rocking Neeraj Chopra.'
PM Modi immediately took to Twitter to congratulate the athlete.
Chopra had said in recent media interactions that he would not put himself under pressure with the thought of throwing beyond 90m and would look to build up gradually to peak during the July 15-24 World Championships in Eugene, USA.
India's Neeraj Chopra and Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem delivered performances for the ages.
A look at India's schedule at the Tokyo Olympics on August 7, 2021.
ICC names Sachin Tendulkar as 'Global Ambassador' for ODI World Cup
Para-athlete Anandan Gunasekaran clinched his third gold and javelin thrower Shivpal Singh added another for the country as India continued their fine showing at the ongoing 7th CISM World Military Games, in Wuhan, China, on Thursday.
Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra expects to breach the coveted 90m mark this year but doesn't want to think about "distance" going into the World Athletics Championships, in Eugene, United States.
Laggards at the world stage, the 27-member Indian team was not expected to win any medal but it performed better than expected in this World Championships with three finalists.
Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra has been selected as one of the six nominees for the 2022 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award.
American Ryan Crouser became the first man to "three-peat" in the Olympic shot put on Saturday.
A look at India's schedule on Tuesday, August 3, 2021:
Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Saturday became only the second Indian to win an individual gold in the Olympics, out-performing the field by quite a distance to notch up the first track-and-field Games medal for the country.
'My approach has been to do my best on the day according to the situation'
Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia has revealed that a "deal" with his six-year-old daughter propelled him to win a record second gold medal in the Paralympics.
After 'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra qualified for the men's javelin event final at the ongoing Paris Olympics, an air of celebration and jubilation erupted in his household.
Philem Dipak Singh traces Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's rise to Olympic glory.
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