‘I have never achieved a 90m throw but however … ‘: Neeraj Chopra after profitable silver medal at Paris Olympics | Paris Olympics 2024 Information

NEW DELHI: India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who received the silver medal on the Paris Video games, counseled Arshad Nadeem‘s excellent efficiency after the Pakistani athlete clinched the gold medal. Chopra acknowledged that this marked the primary occasion since 2016 the place Arshad had triumphed over him in competitors.
Regardless of coming into the ultimate as the favourite, having recorded a powerful 89.34 meters within the qualifying spherical, Neeraj’s greatest effort of 89.45 meters, his second-best ever and a big enchancment from his gold medal-winning throw of 87.58 meters in Tokyo, was not sufficient to safe the highest spot.

Arshad’s Olympic record-breaking throw of 92.97 meters earned him the gold medal.

Arshad’s outstanding efficiency noticed him surpass the 90-meter mark twice, shattering the earlier Olympic report held by Norway’s Andreas Thorkildsen (90.57m in Beijing 2008). He concluded the competitors with one other huge throw of 91.79 meters on his remaining try.

Arshad’s victory not solely earned Pakistan its first Olympic medal since Barcelona 1992 but in addition made historical past because the nation’s first particular person Olympic gold medal received by a Pakistani athlete.

“Arshad carried out effectively and I wish to congratulate him. I have been competing with him since 2016, and that is the primary time he has received whereas competing collectively,” stated Neeraj after the ultimate.
Neeraj slipped in the direction of the top of his throw on his preliminary try and it was dominated out as invalid. Nevertheless, he introduced himself again into the sport with a season’s better of 89.45m on his second try, earlier than he stepped out and determined to not log the third throw, which barely crossed the 80m mark.
“Regardless of the harm, I’m pushing myself arduous. The throw was good, however I nonetheless have lots left in me, and I would like to remain match to attain it,” stated the Tokyo Olympics gold medallist.
The highest 5 throws within the males’s javelin throw remaining have all been higher than the 87.58m that received Neeraj the gold at Tokyo, showcasing how intense the extent of competitors has been on the Stade de France on Thursday night time.

“I have never achieved a 90-meter throw but, however throughout the second try, I felt that at this time may be the day. I think about myself, and I do know I will attain that milestone sometime. Holding your flag and profitable a medal on your nation is an unimaginable feeling,” stated Neeraj.
The reigning world and Asian Video games champion acknowledged that frequent accidents earlier than Paris 2024 hindered his title protection preparations. “The final two or three years weren’t so good for me. I’m all the time injured. In coaching, I’m not doing loads of throws due to my groin (harm) I actually tried arduous, however I’ve to work on my harm (staying injury-free) and method,” he concluded.
In the meantime, Neeraj change into the second Indian males’s athlete and third total to win back-to-back medals within the Olympics after wrestler Sushil Kumar, who received a bronze and silver within the 2008 and 2012 Video games. Shuttler PV Sindhu is the opposite Indian to win consecutive medals – silver in Rio and bronze in Tokyo — on the Video games.