Neeraj Chopra. (AP Image)
Chopra came in second on the day with a best effort of 89.45m on his second attempt, behind Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who shattered the Olympic record on the day to claim the yellow-metal.
Neeraj Chopra clinched the silver medal in the javelin throw final of the Paris Olympics 2024 on Thursday.
Chopra came in second on the day with a best effort of 89.45m on his second attempt.
Chopra finished behind Pakistani Arshad Nadeem, who topped the charts with a mammoth throw of 92.97m to claim his first Olympic gold medal.
Anderson Peters of Grenada finished third with a best effort of 88.54m.
Neeraj started his evening with a foul throw on his first attempt but climbed up the rankings table with his second throw of the day. However, he produced three straight red-flagged attempts to follow up his legal second attempt.
Neeraj had a final opportunity to break the Olympic record to pick up the yellow metal, but ended up with yet another illegal attempt and had to settle for a silver.
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Nadeem, who also started off with a foul throw on his first attempt, shocked the audience with his monstrous second throw, which not only gave him the gold but also the Olympic record.
Neeraj joined an elite list of Indian athletes to come away with medals from back-to-back editions of the Summer Game in individual events.
This was India’s fifth medal at the Paris Olympics and follows the bronze the Indian men’s hockey team managed to bag earlier in the day with their 2-1 win over Spain in the third-place playoff.
The other three medals of the Summer Games in France came thanks to the efforts of the shooting contingent as Manu Bhaker claimed the bronze in the 10m women’s Air Pistol individual event, before adding another bronze alongside partner Sarabjot Singh in the 10m Mixed Team Air Pistol event. Swapnil Kusale’s third-place finish in the 50m Rifle 3 position event bagged another bronze for the nation.
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