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India's star athlete Neeraj Chopra has created history by winning the silver medal in the javelin throw event at the Paris Olympics 2024. Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian athlete to win a gold and a silver medal at the Olympics. Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in this event at the Tokyo Olympics-2020. This time too, gold was expected from Neeraj Chopra, but he missed the gold medal and had to be content with the silver medal.
5 out of 6 throws were foul
In this Olympics, Neeraj Chopra made a brilliant throw and qualified for the finals. In the final match, he took the first throw but this throw was fouled. After this, in the next throw, Neeraj Chopra made his season's best throw (89.45 meters) and reached second place. Neeraj Chopra had 4 chances left, where he could improve his performance, but Neeraj Chopra fouled all the subsequent throws. However, his second throw was so brilliant that he won the silver medal in the same throw.
Our national anthem will definitely be played
After winning the silver medal, Neeraj Chopra said, 'Whenever we win a medal for the country, we all are happy. Now the time has come to improve the game. We will sit and discuss and improve the performance. We played well in the Paris Olympics. The competition was good, but every athlete has his day, today was Arshad's day. I gave my best, but some things need to be focused and worked upon. Our national anthem may not be played today, but it will definitely be played in the future.
What did Neeraj Chopra say on repeated fouls?
Regarding the repeated fouls in the final match, Neeraj said, 'I am not happy with my performance and my technique and run-up were not that good. Only one throw was done, the rest I made a foul. In the second throw, I was confident that I could throw so far. But if your run-up is not that good, then you will not be able to go very far.'
Neeraj was struggling with injury
Neeraj Chopra was suffering from a back injury in the final match. He himself admitted this after the match and said that the last 2-3 years have not been so good. During this time he has been struggling with injuries. He tried but failed. Now he will work better on his injury and technique.