Haryana’s Neeraj Chopra has become the first athlete to win a gold medal for the country in athletics at the Tokyo Olympics. He won the gold medal in the final by throwing 87.58m javelin. This is his first Olympics. Earlier, he had finished first in the qualification of Pool A with a throw of 86.65m. His best throw till date is 88.07m.
Neeraj, who won gold in the final of Javelin Throw, came suddenly in this game. His uncle Bhim Chopra told that Neeraj was not physically fit in the beginning, so he used to go to the gym. There was a stadium near the gym, so many times he used to go there for a walk.
Once some children were doing javelin in the stadium. Neeraj stood there and then the coach told him that come throw the javelin, see how far you can throw. Neeraj threw the javelin, then it fell too far. After this the coach asked him to come to regular training. For a few days, Neeraj trained at Panipat Stadium, then moved to Panchkula and started training there.
After the world record, the army appointed Neeraj to the post of Naib Subedar by giving him the post of Junior Commissioned Officer. After that Neeraj’s career picked up pace. He won gold medal in 2018 Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.
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Neeraj has won medals in 6 major tournaments at the international level. He has won Gold Medal in Jakarta Asian Games in 2018, Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Asian Championship in 2017, South Asian Games in 2016, Junior World Championship in 2016. While in 2016 won the silver medal in the Junior Asian Championship.
