Neeraj Chopra: The Golden boy of India


by Udit Khattar


It has been more than 125 years since India has hung tight for an individual Olympic medallist in track and field. This stand by finally came to an end on 7th August 2021 when Neeraj Chopra created history by winning the gold medal in the Men’s Javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics.

The boy from Panipat blew away the Men's Javelin field that had probably the greatest names. The 23-year-old won the Gold with a best toss of 87.58 m on each day when his greatest opponent Johannes Vetter blew cold and smashed out of the last even without qualifying among the best 8.

Neeraj Chopra has successfully taken up the position to be the second Indian competitor after Abhinav Bindra to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Abhinav Bindra won Gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, completing on the highest advance of the platform within the 19 m air rifle shooting.

Neeraj Chopra didn't coordinate with his own best of 88.06m however it was sufficient to create the history.


The Chief Minister of Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh has announced a cash reward of Rs. 2 crores to Neeraj. The gold medallist has also been rewarded with Rs. 6 crores from the chief minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar, 1 crore from BCCI and 1 crore from the IPL team Chennai Super Kings. The ed-tech major BYJU’S also announced a reward of Rs 2 crores.

Neeraj was born on December 24, 1997. He is an Indian track and field athlete and a javelin thrower. He is the primary Indian competitor to secure gold at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World U-20 Athletics Championship in Poland in 2016, establishing a world junior record. He is likewise the principal Indian competitor to top the capability in the men's javelin throw with his first endeavor of 86.65 meters in Group an at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Neeraj is a Junior Commissioned Officer of the Indian Army. He completed his schooling at DAV College, Chandigarh.

He drew motivation from Jan Zelezny, a resigned Czech Olympic track, and field competitor, and acquired public consideration when he dominated the Commonwealth matches Javelin gold with the best toss of 86.47 meters. With a toss of 87.43 meters, he broke the public record at the Doha Diamond League in 2018.

He set up another Indian public record of 88.06 meters when he packed away gold at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and broke past his public record, setting the enhanced one at 88.07 meters in 2021.

The javelin thrower additionally secured gold at the Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia, the Savo Games in Finland, and the Soteville Athletics Meet in France. He is right now being instructed by Klaus Bartonietz, a German biomechanics master. He was deliberated with the renowned Arjuna Award after he won gold in the Gold Coast Commonwealth in 2018.

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