Paris Olympics 2024: Neeraj Chopra Grabs Silver, Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem Wins Javelin Gold With Record Throw Of 92.97m

Paris: Neeraj Chopra produced his season’s best of 89.34m to snatch the fellows’s javelin silver whilst Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem grew to be the manufacturer new Olympic champion with a file throw of Ninety two.97m on Friday at the Stade de France. A winner of Tokyo Olympics gold, Neeraj registered his handiest riskless throw in his 2d scan. His other five throws had been fouls. In verifiable actuality, Nadeem’s gold medal-prevailing throw got here in his 2d scan ahead of registering one other 90m breach in his final scan.

Nadeem also grew to be the large Pakistani song and theme athlete to win an Olympic gold and the large athlete to register two 90m-plus throws at the Olympics. Neeraj’s silver is likewise India’s first 2d-native conclude inside the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024. Alongside with his silver, Chopra turns into first Indian song-and-theme athlete to win two Olympic medals.

Neeraj also grew to be the 1/3 Indian athlete after Sushil Kumar (2008, 2012) and PV Sindhu (2016, 2020) to win back-to-back grownup medals at the Olympics.

SILVER MEDAL

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