Better performance than Tokyo, yet Neeraj won silver, Nadeem of Pakistan won gold

Neeraj Chopra Javelin Final: India's star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal at the Paris Olympics with a best throw of 89.45m. Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem won the gold medal with a record throw of 92.97m.

India's star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal at the Paris Olympics with a best throw of 89.45 meters. This is Neeraj's best performance this season. With this, Neeraj has become the first Indian athlete to win two Olympic medals in athletics since independence. Neeraj won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, but could not repeat his Tokyo performance in Paris. Pakistan's Nadeem won the gold medal with a record throw of 92.97 meters in the second attempt. This is Pakistan's first Olympic medal since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Anderson Peters of Grenada finished third with a best throw of 88.54 meters.

Neeraj got silver medal
Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra could not repeat his performance in Paris and had to settle for the silver medal. Pakistan's Nadeem won the gold medal with a record throw of 92.97 meters in the second attempt. While Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal with a best throw of 89.45 meters in the second attempt and Grenada's Anderson Peters finished third with a best throw of 88.54 meters. Neeraj and Nadeem started with a foul, but Pakistan's Nadeem strengthened his claim by breaking the Olympic record in the second attempt.

Neeraj also gave his season's best performance in the second attempt, but could not overtake Nadeem. Neeraj was able to make only one successful attempt and fouled in five out of six, while Nadeem threw 91.79 meters in the sixth attempt. Nadeem threw more than 90 meters for the second time in this match.

Nadeem broke the Olympic record
Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem broke the Olympic record by throwing 92.97 meters in his second attempt and reached the top spot. The previous best throw in the Olympics was 90.57. This record was in the name of Norway's Andres Thorkildsen. India's star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra performed brilliantly in the second attempt and finished second after Arshad Nadeem by throwing 89.45 meters.

This was the second best throw of Neeraj's career. Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem threw 88.72 meters in the third attempt and remained on top after the first three attempts. Neeraj Chopra fouled in the third attempt as well. After this Neeraj fouled in the next three attempts. Neeraj could make only one successful attempt in the final.