India, July 24 -- Indian men's javelin, since Neeraj Chopra's gold medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, has consistently thrown up exciting talent with a sizable number of them breaching the 80m mark. While Shivpal Singh, Rohit Yadav, Manu DP, and Kishore Jena have fallen by the wayside for varying reasons, the new crop - Yashvir Singh and Sachin Yadav - have shown promise. One must add Shivam Lohakare to that list.

The 20-year-old became the latest entrant to the 80m club at the Indian Open Athletics Meet in Pune last week. Shivam won the meet with an effort of 80.95m to become only the 16th Indian to throw the spear 80m or beyond.

"It's good to be in that club but I know I can do much better," he said from Pune where he trains at the Arm...