Neeraj Chopra's men's javelin silver was India's first second-place finish at the Paris Olympics 2024.
Paris: Neeraj Chopra produced his season’s best of 89.34m to grab the men’s javelin silver while Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem became the new Olympic champion with a record throw of 92.97m on Friday at the Stade de France. A winner of Tokyo Olympics gold, Neeraj registered his only legitimate throw in his second attempt. His other five throws were fouls. In fact, Nadeem’s gold medal-winning throw came in his second attempt before registering another 90m breach in his final attempt.
Nadeem also became the first Pakistani track and field athlete to win an Olympic gold and the first athlete to register two 90m-plus throws at the Olympics. Neeraj’s silver is also India’s first second-place finish in the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024. With his silver, Chopra becomes first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two Olympic medals.
Neeraj also became the third Indian athlete after Sushil Kumar (2008, 2012) and PV Sindhu (2016, 2020) to win back-to-back individual medals at the Olympics.
SILVER MEDAL
A seasons best, and a second Olympic Medal for @Neeraj_chopra1 . What an athlete#JeetKiAur | #Cheer4Bharat pic.twitter.com/lUHMFaPfUK
— Team India (@WeAreTeamIndia) August 8, 2024
