Neeraj's silver achievement, second consecutive bronze in hockey in 52 years

Paris: Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra achieved a historic feat by winning two medals in two consecutive Olympics. Although fans expected a gold medal from him, he finished second and won the silver medal. His throw was 89.45 meters. Neeraj Chopra has won four bronze medals and the only silver medal for India in this Olympics. Neeraj Chopra also won the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021. While Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan set an Olympic record with a throw of 92.97 meters and won the gold medal, Peters of Grenada won the bronze medal with a throw of 88.54 meters.

Today was a day of double joy for India as the Indian men's hockey team won the bronze medal. India also won the bronze medal for the second consecutive Olympics. India defeated Spain 2-1. India had earlier won the bronze medal in two consecutive Olympics in 1968 and 1972, so this success has been achieved after fifty-two years.

Meanwhile, Vinesh Phogat's hopes of possibly getting the silver medal are alive as she has filed a petition in the Arbitration Court (Olympics) demanding to make her the joint winner of the silver medal, which has been accepted for hearing by the court. So there is hope. The decision is likely to come tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Vinesh Phogat announced her retirement with an emotional message to her mother, expressing her sadness that she was too tired to fight against the wrestling association and the system, and wrote, “I am sorry I could not make your dream come true. . Sports lovers continued to celebrate the success of hockey and then javelin throw till midnight, with the hope that Vinesh Phogat would be declared the joint winner of the silver medal.

Neeraj Chopra threw a throw of 89.34 meters in the qualification round on August 6, which was his best throw of the season. Due to which it was expected that he would win the gold medal.

However, this time the challenge was even tougher than the Tokyo Olympics as Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal by throwing 87.58 meters. While this time Anderson Peters (Grenada) qualified with 88.63 meters, Weber (Germany) with 87.76 meters and Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan with 86.59 meters throw.

Talking about the achievement of hockey, despite Spain's team leading 1-0 in the bronze medal match of hockey, India achieved a memorable victory, after which the players kept their passion intact, captain Harmanpreet Singh, who can be called the star of this Olympics for India, scored two goals and India won 2-1. India managed to win a medal (bronze) after 41 years in Tokyo Olympics.

However, India did not have to wait for another medal when they won bronze in the next Olympics.

Both teams could not score in the first quarter against Spain. In the second quarter, Spain's Marc Mislez scored a penalty stroke in the 18th minute. In the same quarter, Harmanpreet equalized (in the 30th minute). This was her ninth goal in the Paris Olympics. In the third quarter, Harmanpreet scored her 10th goal to give India the lead. This goal was scored in the 33rd minute.

India's goalkeeper Sreejesh's name will always be associated with the Tokyo and Paris Olympics.

India's goalkeeper Sreejesh had said before the Olympics that he would retire from his international career after this and give a memorable farewell.

True to his words, in today's bronze medal match, Sreejesh became an impenetrable wall to stop the opponent team's goal-changing shots, some of which looked impossible even in the previous matches. He saved five goals in the bronze medal match. Desperate to equalise at any cost, Spain had two powerful shots stopped on the goal post in the final minutes and had earlier failed to take a penalty corner.

Sreejesh was also India's goalkeeper at the Tokyo Olympics. India also won the 13th medal in hockey history with eight gold, one silver and four bronze medals.

Men's Javelin Throw Competition Results