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Neeraj Chopra, who has set many records for Indian athletics, will once again create history by throwing the javelin in his second Olympics. His perseverance will be tested again. He has been battling hamstring pain this season. Along with this, he will also enter the qualification on Tuesday and the final will be played on August 8.
26 year old Neeraj can win the gold medal
If Neeraj Chopra wins the gold medal, he will become the 5th athlete to win this award in Olympic history. With this, he will also become the first Indian to win 2 gold medals in the Olympics.
4 players have already achieved the feat
The men's javelin throw titles at the Olympics so far include Erik Lamming (Sweden 1908 and 1912), Johnny Myra (Finland 1920 and 1924), Neerajna Adarsh Jan Zelenji (Czech Republic 1992 and 1996) and Andrea T (Norway 2004 and 2008). . Recall that this year Neeraj participated in 3 competitions but his performance in others was not good. Chopra threw 88.36m at the Doha Diamond League in May and also missed the Ostrava Golden Spike on May 28 due to adductor discomfort.
Golden boy Neeraj Chopra is fit
He returned with a gold medal in June against Paavo Nurmi in Finland with a throw of 85.97m. Then on July 7, Peris did not participate in the Diamond League. His coach dismissed fitness fears and said he has no issues with his adductor (muscle) now and is working hard. Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Wells of Czech Republic, Julian Weber of Germany and former world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada will challenge him again. A teenager from India is also in the race. He threw 87.54m at the Asian Games last year and qualified. Since then, he has not reached 80m.