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2 days 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 ...
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Aug 7, 2021 · India has broken out into celebrations after Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win a historic Olympic gold medal in athletics (javelin throw) at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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.
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.
Oct 4, 2023 · (Hangzhou2022.cn) India logged a 1-2 finish in the Asian Games 2023 men’s javelin throw competition with Neeraj Chopra winning the gold and Kishore Kumar Jena bagging the silver at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Park Main Stadium, in the People’s Republic of China on Wednesday.
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....
Neeraj Chopra made history as the first Indian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics. Other stars to have achieved a similar feat for their nation include: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, 100m hurdles – Puerto Rico
10 hours ago · Neeraj Chopra's historic gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics sparked a significant shift in the mindset of Indian athletes. They now feel self-assured to turn dreams ...
1 day ago · Neeraj Chopra is one of India's biggest medal hopes in Paris Olympics. An entire nation rose from a slump when Neeraj Chopra's 87.58m throw won him the gold medal in men's javelin in the Tokyo Olympics. Chopra had defeated his close friend Jakub Vadlejch by nearly a meter's distance to clinch India's first-ever gold medal in track and field.
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 ...
