Neeraj Chopra Gold is for 1.3 billion people
Neeraj Chopra of India took home the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw here at the Tokyo 2020 (in 2021) Olympic Games with the best effort of 87.58m on the final day of throws at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium.
In his Olympic debut, Chopra became only the second Indian man to claim an Olympic medal in athletics, after Norman Pritchard took the men's 200m (silver) and 200m hurdles (silver) in 1900.
Chopra threw his best with only his second attempt and it proved a road too far for the other competitors on the day as he’ll bring his rare gold back to India to much fanfare.
The silver went to Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic (86.67m) and his countryman Vítezslav Veselý took the bronze (85.44m).
Johannes Vetter of Germany was trying to become only the third man to win Olympic gold and the world title in this event. But he could only manage ninth place with a best throw of 82.52m.
Sep 04, 2021
well done