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On 4 August 2021, Chopra made his debut at the Olympics. [64] At the qualifying stages held at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo , he topped his qualifying group with a throw of 86.65 m (284.3 ft) and achieved an automatic entry to the final. [ 65 ]
In the field events, Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Singh attained the qualification standard of 85 meters (m) for the men's javelin throw event with throws of 87.86 m and 85.47 m respectively at the ACNW League Meeting held at Potchefstroom, South Africa in January 2021.
Official Replay. The men's javelin throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 4 and 7 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] Approximately 35 athletes competed; the exact number depended on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through distance or ranking (one universality place was used in 2016).
Now, India and Pakistan are competing against each other in the javelin throw at the Olympics, too. When Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan and defending champion Neeraj Chopra of India finished 1-2 at the ...
The track and field competition at the Hangzhou Asian Games was marred by another controversy on Wednesday when officials failed to record a “good” first throw made by Olympic and world ...
He won an Olympic medal for India as a sprinter and won two silver medals in the 200m sprint and 200m hurdle track and field event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. [107] [108] Neeraj Chopra won the first Olympic gold medal in track and field for India at the 2020 Summer Olympics, also winning a medal in the javelin throw event. [109]
The previous Olympic record holder was Norwegian Andreas Thorkildsen, who achieved 90.57 m at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. [58] Nadeem's throw is the sixth-longest throw ever, when considering only the best throw from each athlete. [5] [59] Nadeem won Pakistan’s first Olympic medal since 1992, and their first Olympic gold medal since 1984. [60]
Neeraj Chopra: 5 March 2021 Indian Grand Prix Patiala, India [59] 89.30 m Neeraj Chopra: 14 June 2022 Paavo Nurmi Games: Turku, Finland [60] [61] 89.94 m Neeraj Chopra: 30 June 2022 BAUHAUS-galan: Stockholm, Sweden [62] Combined Events Decathlon: 7658 pts Bharatinder Singh: 11–12 June 2011 Indian Inter-State Championships Bangalore, India [63]