Last Updated on 09/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
Neeraj Chopra, Paris Olympics 2024: India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has given India its first silver medal in Paris Olympics 2024. Neeraj had earlier won the gold medal in Tokyo Olympics by throwing the javelin 87.58 meters away. But this time in Paris, he threw the javelin farther than the golden throw to Tokyo, but he had to settle for silver.
26-year-old Neeraj fouled 5 out of his 6 attempts in the Paris Olympics. But he made his second throw of 89.45 meters and this gave him the silver medal. This time Neeraj faced the toughest competition from Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan.
Arshad breaks Olympic record, wins gold
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Arshad’s second throw was 92.97 meters, which won him the gold. After this, Arshad’s last throw was also 91.79. That is, in this same event, Arshad threw more than 90 meters twice, beating Neeraj. Former world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada won the bronze medal. He threw the javelin 88.54 meters away.
Arshad has broken the Olympic record with a throw of 92.97 meters. Arshad broke the record of Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway. Andreas had made this record on 23 August 2008 in the Beijing Olympics by throwing the javelin to a distance of 90.57 meters.
Neeraj’s performance
First attempt: Foul
2nd attempt: 89.45m
Third attempt: Foul
Fourth attempt: Foul
Fifth attempt: Foul
Sixth attempt: Foul
arshad’s performance
First attempt: Foul
2nd attempt: 92.97m
3rd attempt: 88.72m
4th attempt: 79.40m
Fifth attempt: 84.87m
6th attempt: 91.79m
Neeraj created history, first Indian to do this
With this silver medal, Neeraj Chopra has made a historic record. He has become the first Indian to win gold and silver in individual events in two consecutive Olympics. Earlier, Abhinav Bindra had won gold for India in individual event (shooting) in Beijing 2008. But he could not win any medal after this.
If Neeraj had won the gold, he could have become the 5th player in the world and the first player from India to retain the title in the history of Olympics. Along with this, he could have also become the first Indian to win 2 gold medals in individual events of Olympics. But he missed this record.
Apart from this, only wrestler Sushil Kumar and badminton star PV Sindhu have won any two medals in individual events in the Olympics before this. After them, Neeraj is the third Indian to have won any two medals in the Olympics. However, Sushil and Sindhu could not win gold. They won bronze in Beijing 2008 and then silver in London 2012. While Sindhu won silver in Rio 2016 and bronze in Tokyo 2020.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)