Defending champion Neeraj Chopra won the silver with a throw of 89.45 metres at the Paris 2024 Olympics final at the Stade de France Thursday. Pakistani javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem broke the Olympic record with a throw of 92.97 metres.
Chopra’s throw landed at 89.45 metres, placing him second behind Nadeem’s record-breaking 92.97 metres.
Neeraj Chopra is the first Asian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in javelin and the first Asian to win gold in his event at the World Championship. A Junior commissioned officer in the Indian Army, Chopra is the first track and field athlete to win a gold medal for India at the Olympics.
He is also the first track and field athlete from India to win at the World Under-20 Championships, where in 2016 he achieved a world U20 record throw of 86.48 m, becoming the first Indian athlete to set a world record.
With inputs from media reports & Wikipedia/Picture: Wikipedia
