Neeraj Chopra is an Olympic gold medalist! On Saturday, the 23-year-old made history by becoming only the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal in the men’s javelin throw final at Tokyo 2020. With his gold in the javelin final, Neeraj ended India’s 121-year drought for an athletics medal.
Neeraj Chopra threw the javelin 87.03m on his first throw and improved to 87.58m on his second, but he couldn’t go any farther. Chopra threw 87.03m, 87.58m, 76.79m, and 84.24m, however his fourth and fifth throws were disallowed.
But his second throw was way better than the rest and enough to secure the gold for India.
Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal is only the second for India in individual category after Abhinav Bindra, who bagged the top prize in the 19m Air Rifle shooting event in China.
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