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India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has revealed that he is now married in a brief announcement on social media.. The two-time Olympic medalist, one of the country’s most famous sports ...
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 ...
Subedar Major Neeraj Chopra PVSM VSM (born 24 December 1997) is an Indian track and field athlete. Considered as the greatest Indian javelin thrower , he's a double medalist at the Olympics , World Championships , and the Asian Games .
Neeraj Chopra was the reigning Olympic and World champion, having won gold at the previous Olympics and 2023 World Championships respectively. The silver medalist from Tokyo 2020 and reigning European champion Jakub Vadlejch also qualified for the event. The bronze medalist from three years earlier, Vítězslav Veselý had retired.
Following his medal-winning performance at the Paris Olympic Games, Anderson delivered a remarkable 90m throw at the Diamond League meet in Lausanne on August 23, 2024, securing the top position ahead of Olympic silver medalist Neeraj Chopra. Anderson's throw of 90.61m also set a new meet record. [19]
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Neeraj Chopra won India's first-ever Olympic gold medal in athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021) by throwing his best of 87.58 meters in the javelin throw final. Chopra is the first javelin thrower from India who won a gold medal, and only the second Indian sportsperson after Abhinav Bindra to win an Olympic gold medal.
Neeraj Chopra, Lassi Etelätalo and Julian Weber. Vetter and Vadlejch took three attempts just to make a qualifier. Yego, Walcott, Peters and Krukowski did not make the final. On the first throw of the final of the competition, Chopra launched 87.03 to take the early lead. Weber threw 85.30 to move into second place.