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Javelin Thrower Annu Rani Finishes Seventh In Brussels Diamond League

The 31-year-old national-record holder threw 57.74m in her third attem🔜pt to end at seventh place in the eight-woman field.

India’s Annu Rani’s disappointing form this season continued as she finished seventh with a best effort of 57.74m in the women's javelin throw event in the Diamond League meeting in Brussels on Friday. (More Sports News)

 The 31-year-old national-record holder had her best throw of the day in her third attemp💜t to end at seventh in the eight-woman field.

She has not been able to touch the 60m mark this😼 season, with the 59.24m she had thrown during the Federation Cup in May beinಌg her so far.

Her national record stands at 63.♕82m, which she h📖ad created last year.    

World champion Haruka Kitaguchi of Japan finished first with 67.38m while Vict꧟oria Hudson (64.65m) of Austria and Lina Muze-Sirma (63m) of Latvia were second 𓆉and third respectively.

Rani, who had won a 🌊bronze medal in the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, had taken part in just one Diamond League Meeting in the past — in Lausanne in 2019 where she had also finisheꦿd seventh with 59.35m.

Rꦐani had also failed to qualify for the final round of the World Ch🦋ampionships in August, with a throw of 57.05m in the qualification round.

(With PTI inputs)

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