Neeraj Chopra Secures Silver in Men’s Javelin at Paris 2024

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Neeraj Chopra won a silver medal in the men’s javelin at the 2024 Paris Olympics with a season-best throw of 89.45 meters.

An Overview of the News

• Neeraj Chopra achieved this milestone as the first Indian track and field athlete to win two Olympic medals post-independence.

• Despite fouling five of his six attempts in the final, he had a notable qualification throw of 89.34 meters.

Olympic Medalists

• Gold Medal: Pakistani javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem, who set a new Olympic record with a throw of 92.97 meters.

• Bronze Medal: Grenada’s Anderson Peters with a throw of 88.54 meters.

Historical Achievements

• Neeraj Chopra joins Norman Pritchard, Sushil Kumar, PV Sindhu, and Manu Bhaker as one of the five Indians to win multiple individual Olympic medals.

• He is the second male Indian (after Sushil Kumar) and the third overall (including PV Sindhu) to achieve back-to-back Olympic medals.

About Neeraj Chopra

• Neeraj secures second place at Doha Diamond League 2024

• He won the 2023 Doha Diamond League.

• He clinched a gold medal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

• He also claimed a gold medal in the men's javelin throw event at the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.

• Neeraj Chopra was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in March 2022.

Major medals won by Neeraj Chopra :

• 2022 Kuortane Games (Gold Medal)

• 2022 Paavo Nurmi Games (Silver)

• 2021 Tokyo Olympics (Gold Medal)

• 2018 Commonwealth Games (Gold Medal)

• 2017 Asian Athletics Championships (Gold Medal)

• 2016 South Asian Games (Gold Medal)