‘Neeraj Chopra is a champion, fought like a tiger’: AFI President Adille Sumariwalla | Paris Olympics 2024 Information

NEW DELHI: Adille Sumariwalla, the president of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), praised Neeraj Chopra‘s valiant effort in securing the silver medal on the ongoing Paris Olympics. Sumariwalla described Neeraj’s efficiency as combating “like a tiger” to attain this outstanding feat.
Regardless of his finest throw of 89.45 meters, the 26-year-old Neeraj narrowly missed out on defending his gold medal title.Though he delivered a formidable throw on his second try, he encountered difficulties with 4 consecutive foul throws, which in the end prevented him from clinching the gold. Nonetheless, Neeraj’s accomplishment makes him the second male athlete from post-independence India to safe two Olympic medals in a person occasion.

Sumariwalla expressed his perception that individuals usually place extreme emphasis on medals, a perspective he personally disagrees with. He highlighted that Neeraj had overcome an harm to assert the silver medal, demonstrating an “unbelievably good” efficiency within the ultimate occasion.
“I feel individuals give an excessive amount of stress on medals. I’m a type of who does not speak about medals. I feel if the method is correct, medals will come. Take a look at what occurred. He got here again from an harm. In Tokyo, he bought a golden. In the present day he threw 2 meters greater than he threw in Tokyo however needed to accept a silver…He bought a season’s finest. I feel he is a tiger. He fought like a tiger. He recovered from an harm and he was simply unbelievably good…He is a champion. That is what champions are fabricated from….,” Sumariwalla instructed ANI.

Neeraj confronted challenges throughout the competitors. His first and third makes an attempt have been dominated invalid as a consequence of pink flags, and his ultimate three makes an attempt have been additionally deemed fouls.
This got here as a shock contemplating his spectacular efficiency within the qualification spherical, the place he threw a formidable 89.34 meters.
Regardless of his finest efforts, Neeraj’s second-best throw of 89.45 meters was not adequate to safe the gold medal.
The stress gave the impression to be mounting on him earlier than his fifth try, and he sadly crossed the road as soon as extra, leading to one other pink flag. His sixth and ultimate try met the identical destiny, as he crossed the road whereas releasing the javelin, resulting in disqualification.