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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 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 .
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.
In the third round, Arshad Nadeem hit an 87.82m to put a scare into Chopra's lead. Nadeem's fourth round throw was also in the 87 metre range. In the fifth round, Vadlejch threw 86.67m to move into bronze position. Chopra's win was the first Gold Medal at the World Championships for India. [3]
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 ...
Men's javelin throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Venue Carrara Stadium Dates 13 April (qualifying round) 14 April (final) Competitors 24 from 19 nations Winning distance 86.47 m Medalists Neeraj Chopra India Hamish Peacock Australia Anderson Peters Grenada ← 2014 2022 → Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Track events 100 m men women 200 m men women 400 m men women 800 m men women ...
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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