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Subedar Neeraj Chopra PVSM VSM (born 24 December 1997) is an Indian track and field athlete, who is the reigning Olympic champion and World champion in Men's javelin throw. He 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.
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1 day ago · By age 13, Neeraj Chopra weighed nearly 190 pounds, making him one of the biggest boys in his tiny farming village. His father and uncles urged him to join a gym to lose weight. By chance, he saw ...
1 day ago · Neeraj Chopra was the star of India's Tokyo Olympics campaign, as he became only the second individual gold medallist from India, and also the first to do so in track and field. Neeraj Chopra in ...
3 hours ago · Young hopeful Neeraj Chopra demolished the rest of the field in the men’s javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 with his first two attempts in the competition and handed India its first Olympics gold medal in athletics. Neeraj had just required one throw to qualify for the final.
Neeraj Chopra: India's maiden Olympic athletics gold. At the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in 2021, Chopra entered the men's javelin competition amidst tough competition. Despite not being the outright favourite for gold, he led the qualifying round with an 86.65m throw, before dominating the final.
Jul 16, 2024 · Neeraj Chopra goes into Paris as that unheard of species, a defending Olympic (and World) track and field champion from India: Aside from the hockey players of yore, only one other Indian has gone ...
Jun 24, 2022 · Neeraj Chopra won the men’s javelin throw gold at Tokyo 2020 Olympics. His throw measured 87.58m. It handed India their first-ever Olympic medal in athletics.
Neeraj Chopra, India's first field athlete to secure a gold medal at the Olympics, will start as favourite to add another gold in the men's javelin throw final event at the Paris Olympics 2024....
5 days ago · Since August 7, 2021, India's biggest pride in the world of athletics has been javelin star Neeraj Chopra. At the age of just 23, Neeraj became India's only second-ever Olympics individual gold...
4 days ago · Neeraj Chopra is an Indian track-and-field athlete who shot to fame after securing a gold medal at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, and further secured his position as a leading athlete by winning the men’s javelin throw event at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
