Paris Olympics 2024 Neeraj Chopra Highlights: The 13th day of Paris Olympics 2024 was quite spectacular. While the Indian hockey team won the bronze medal in the evening, the countrymen were eagerly waiting for 11:45 pm, where India’s golden boy Neeraj Chopra was going to win another medal for the country by throwing the javelin. This wait ended at 01:22 am late night, when Neeraj Chopra succeeded in getting another medal for India. Late night the whole country was immersed in celebration as the golden boy won the silver medal for India.
Neeraj Chopra Javelin Throw Final Highlights
In the first three rounds, 12 athletes threw the javelin. Neeraj Chopra came in eighth for throwing the javelin. His first round was a foul. After this, in the second round, Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem made an Olympic record by throwing the javelin 92.92 meters and came in first place. In the second round, Neeraj Chopra also made his season’s best throw by throwing the javelin 89.45 meters and came in second place. After this, Neeraj got the next three rounds declared foul, after which he confirmed his claim for the medal and succeeded in winning the silver medal for the country.
Neeraj means medal guarantee
Neeraj Chopra, who created history by winning the gold medal in Tokyo 2020, will return home with a silver medal this time. With this, he has joined the select Indian players who have won medals twice in the Olympic Games. Before Neeraj, this achievement was achieved only by Norman Pritchard, Sushil Kumar, PV Sindhu and Manu Bhaker. The special thing is that Manu Bhaker has also brought pride to the country by winning two bronze medals in the Paris 2024 Olympics.
From his mother to the Prime Minister of the country, everyone congratulated Neeraj
Every night the whole country sleeps peacefully, but the 13th day of Olympics 2024 was not like this. The whole country was watching Neeraj Chopra’s match intently on the screen. As soon as Neeraj won the silver medal for the country at 01:22 in the night, congratulatory messages started coming to him from all over. This included his mother, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BCCI Secretary Jai Shah and many others.
His mother said- “We are very happy, for us even silver is equal to gold…he was injured, so we are happy with his performance…”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said- “India is happy that he has once again returned to the Olympics with success. Congratulations to him on winning the silver medal…”
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