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Chopra won the gold medal at the 2020 Olympics, becoming the first Asian javelin throw athlete to do so. [8] He became the first Asian to win a gold in javelin at the World Championships after his win in 2023. Chopra has won gold medals in every major tournament. He has a podium finish streak in 24 consecutive competitions, dating back to 2020. [9]
Neeraj Chopra: 5 March 2021 Indian Grand Prix Patiala, India [50] 89.30 m Neeraj Chopra: 14 June 2022 Paavo Nurmi Games: Turku, Finland [51] [52] 89.94 m Neeraj Chopra: 30 June 2022 BAUHAUS-galan: Stockholm, Sweden [53] Combined Events Decathlon: 7658 pts Bharatinder Singh: 11–12 June 2011 Indian Inter-State Championships Bangalore, India [54]
Neeraj Chopra won India's first athletic gold medal in 2020 and followed up with a silver in 2024. India sent its largest delegation consisting of 119 athletes to the 2020 Summer Olympics. [86] [87] [88] India registered its most successful performance in a single Games with seven medals including one gold, two silver and four bronze.
Neeraj Chopra is the second Indian to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. [2] He won a silver medal in the javelin throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and subsequently the first gold for India at the 2023 World Athletics Championships .
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 ...
In the finals, he achieved a best throw of 87.58 m in his second attempt to win the gold medal. [63] Chopra's medal was the first gold medal for India in athletics at the Olympic Games and the second ever individual gold after Abhinav Bindra in 2008. [66] Track & road events Men
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 ...
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