Javelin thrower Annu Rani, 100m hurdler Yarraji fail to impress in Paris Olympics

Indian athletes struggle at Olympics with Annu Rani, Jyothi Yarraji, and Sarvesh Anil Kushare facing disappointing performances.

Experienced Indian javelin thrower Annu Rani once again failed to impress on the global stage as she made a qualification round exit from the Olympics with an extremely poor performance here on Wednesday.

The 31-year-old national record holder opened her event with 55.81m and could not improve upon that mark in her next two attempts, which measured 53.22m and 53.55m, to finish at 15th among 16 competitors in Group A and 26th overall.

Annu, who has been training abroad in the build-up to the Olympics, has a season's best of 60.68m and her national record stands at 63.82m.

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In the past two years, she has thrown over 60m only twice, with the Asian Games gold-winning effort of 62.92m being one of them.

She had qualified for the Paris Olympics through world ranking quota.

In another below-par show, national record holder 100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji failed to book an automatic semifinal spot after finishing seventh in her round one heat race.