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Tokyo Olympics: Neeraj Chopra ends India's quest, takes Gold home
By: Tupaki Desk | 7 Aug 2021 1:18 PM GMT
Ending India's long quest of winning Gold at Olympics, Neeraj Chopra bagged a gold at the Tokyo Olympics in the men's javelin with a throw of 87.58 metres.
Neeraj Chopra who was one of the athletes expected to bring a medal to India had made it to the finals from the qualifiers with a record throw.
At the finals too, he showed his consistency. While he won Gold, Czech's Jakub Vadlejch and Vitezslav Vesely claimed Silver and bronze respectively.
Neeraj Chopra had created history by becoming the first Indian Athlete to win gold in track and field in 100 years. Coming to the individual category, Chopra is the second Indian to do so. Earlier Abhinav Bindra bagged a gold.
Neeraj Chopra made his first outing at the Olympics more precious with winning gold. This is an another record, he holds
There is a big story on how Neeraj Chopra was introduced to the game. Seeing that he was overweight during his teenage years, his uncle took him to Panipat SAI Centre so that he could lose the extra weight by using the gym.
Having spent time at the Centre, he got introduced to the game and he took up the sport seriously. Neeraj Chopra attracted everyone's attention by recording mind-blowing performances at various events.
Neeraj Chopra who was one of the athletes expected to bring a medal to India had made it to the finals from the qualifiers with a record throw.
At the finals too, he showed his consistency. While he won Gold, Czech's Jakub Vadlejch and Vitezslav Vesely claimed Silver and bronze respectively.
Neeraj Chopra had created history by becoming the first Indian Athlete to win gold in track and field in 100 years. Coming to the individual category, Chopra is the second Indian to do so. Earlier Abhinav Bindra bagged a gold.
Neeraj Chopra made his first outing at the Olympics more precious with winning gold. This is an another record, he holds
There is a big story on how Neeraj Chopra was introduced to the game. Seeing that he was overweight during his teenage years, his uncle took him to Panipat SAI Centre so that he could lose the extra weight by using the gym.
Having spent time at the Centre, he got introduced to the game and he took up the sport seriously. Neeraj Chopra attracted everyone's attention by recording mind-blowing performances at various events.
