Olympics-Athletics-World discus champ Stahl bags finals spot with just one throw

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's Discus Throw - Qualification - OLS - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Daniel Stahl of Sweden in action REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sweden's world champion Daniel Stahl needed just one attempt to qualify for the men's discus final and Qatar's Mutaz Barshim kicked off his bid to add a high-jump Olympic gold to his rich haul of medals, as track events got underway on Friday.

Stahl, 28, has finished as world leader in each season since 2016 and arrived in Tokyo with a season-leading throw of 71.40 metres and with three of the four longest throws of 2021.