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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.
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 .
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 ...
Yet Chopra’s name was still being shown on the digital board and on the Games’ official online information and results service, as if he had not yet taken his first throw. A strange delay ensued.
Neeraj Chopra qualified for Budapest 23 at the Lausanne Diamond League last year when he met the entry standard of 85.20m with a throw of 89.08m. Rohit Yadav & Tajinderpal Singh Toor, both qualified athletes for this meet, will miss out due to long-term injuries of the elbow & groin respectively.
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Jakub Vadlejch, the returning bronze medalist, came into the competition as the world leader for 2023 and the returning silver medalist, Tokyo Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra were top qualifiers to the final. Oliver Helander started things off with 83.38m, Vadlejch followed him with 82.59m. The first two throws of the competition would prove to ...