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Neeraj Chopra’s record-breaking
Javelin throw
India's ace javelin thrower Neeraj Olympics, and is only the second
Chopra’s first competitive event Indian individual, after shooter
after ten months turned out to
Abhinav Bindra, to win an Olympic
be a historical moment as he
broke his own National record at gold medal. For his glorious and
the Stockholm Diamond League historic win at the Olympics, he
by throwing his personal best of was conferred with the Padma
89.94m. The 24-year-old who has Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian
been eyeing the 90m mark, which award.
is considered the gold standard
in the world of javelin throw, for After adding prestige to the
quite some time, has been slowly tricolour with his performance,
progressing towards his goal. the Haryana-born athlete will
Earlier this month, Neeraj created
continue to register his name in
a National Record of 89.30m at
history and hope to put his entire
the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku,
Finland. power to throw the javelin as far
as possible.
He is the first Indian to win a
gold medal in athletics at the Neeraj Chopra said, "In 'Mann ki
Baat' address, the Hon’ble Prime
Minister Narendra Modi brought
to light the achievements of many
sportspersons. I am grateful to
him for recognizing the young
talent in the country and sharing
their achievements with one and
all. Being recorgnized at such a
big platform, that reaches people
across the nation, gives more
inspiration to the young athletes,
motivates them to perform even
better for the nation and inspires
a collective enthusiasm towards
sports in India. I hope the people
of India, much like the Hon’ble PM,
continue to support us and we
shall continue to bring prestige
to the tricolour in our respective
fields."
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