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India's Neeraj Chopra holds the gold medal at the podium during the medal ceremony after winning in the final of the men's javelin throw event at the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo on Saturday. Chopra became the first to win Athletics Gold for India ever. -- PTI

Strong family support key to Neeraj Chopra’s success in maiden Olympics

Chopra’s father Satish Chopra, who has a farming background, credited family support behind his son’s achievement

09 Aug 2021 2:44 AM

India's Neeraj Chopra holds his gold medal after winning in the final of the men's javelin throw event at the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo on Saturday. Chopra became the first to win Athletics Gold for India ever. -- PTI

B-Town thanks golden boy Neeraj for making country proud

Ajay Devgan said the athlete's win has left him elated

08 Aug 2021 2:15 AM

Neeraj Chopra of India competes in the men's javelin throw final at the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo Saturday. -- AP/PTI

Neeraj's gold medal is defining moment of Indian athletics, say former greats

I became emotional just after Neeraj won the gold: PT Usha

08 Aug 2021 2:06 AM

Gold medallist Neeraj Chopra of India poses during the medal ceremony for the men's javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo Saturday.. -- AP

Mahindra promises to gift XUV700 to golden athlete Neeraj Chopra

Responding to a follower on Twitter who asked him to gift Chopra the XUV700, Mahindra said, 'Yes indeed'

08 Aug 2021 1:59 AM

India's Neeraj Chopra holds the Tricolor after winning gold medal in the final of the men's javelin throw event at the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo on Saturday. Chopra became the first to win Athletics Gold for India ever. -- PTI

India revels in Neeraj's 'golden moment'; PM, President laud his 'unparalleled grit'

Congratulating Chopra, Prime Minister Modi said his performance will be remembered for ages

08 Aug 2021 1:01 AM

Neeraj Chopra bettered it with the second throw of 87.58m. While he wasn't able to improve any further, it was enough to get him the coveted medal. (Photo: Twitter)

Neeraj Chopra creates history, wins first gold for India in track and field

Neeraj Chopra began his quest for medal with a massive throw of 87.03 meters and was leading the pack after the end of first attempt

07 Aug 2021 6:05 PM

35-year-old Jhajharia is the only Indian para-athlete to have won two gold medals in the Paralympics, the earlier one being the gold medal he won in 2004 Athens. (Photo: PTI)

Aiming for 68m in Tokyo Paralympics, Jhajharia wants to break the world record again

Devendra Jhajharia is India's greatest Paralympian, having won the gold in the 2004 and 2016 Games, both with record breaking throws,

01 Jul 2021 7:32 PM

Neeraj Chopra in this file photo. -- Athletics Federation of India

Olympic-bound Chopra shatters own javelin throw national record at IGP

Neeraj hurled the spear to a distance of 88.07cm in his fifth attempt to obliterate his earlier national record of 88.06m

06 Mar 2021 1:24 AM

Arshad Nadeem settled for a bronze with a personal best of 80.75m at the ongoing Asian Games, where Neeraj Chopra, who clinched a gold medal, was the undisputed star of the field with a national record throw of 88.06m last night. (Photo: AFP)

Cricketer-turned javelin thrower, Pak's Nadeem wants to emulate India's Neeraj Chopra

The 20-year-old from Khanewal in Pakistan Punjab is aware that he has got a mountain to climb.

28 Aug 2018 12:19 PM

Reflecting on his victory, Chopra said he had prepared well for the event and was completely focused to get gold for the country. He also dedicated the medal to the late former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. (Photo: PTI)

Watch: Neeraj Chopra’s throw to break national record before winning Asian Games gold

The 2018 Commonwealth Games gold-medalist missed the Asian Games record by a meagre margin of 1.09m.

28 Aug 2018 11:02 AM

The 20-year-old's wining threw came in his third attempt. (Photo: PTI)

Neeraj Chopra wins first Asiad javelin gold, scripts new national record

Chopra's gold is India's only second medal in javelin throw in Asian Games history after Gurtej Singh.

27 Aug 2018 7:16 PM

(Photo: Representational Image / AFP)

Corrigendum: Photo of javelin thrower Amit Kumar Saroha wrongly used

A request has been sent to Google to revise its cache.

07 Aug 2018 11:35 AM

Neeraj, who recently won a gold in the Commonwealth Games with a throw of 86.47m, was up against Olympic champion Thomas Rohler, world champion Johannes Vetter and Andreas Hoffman, all Germans and all in the 90m club, but the 22-year-old Indian was not intimidated as he sent the spear to 87.43m in his second attempt last night to better his earlier national mark of 86.48m. (Photo: AFP)

IAAF Diamond League: Neeraj Chopra shatters own record, finishes 4th in Doha

Neeraj had the earlier national record of 86.48m when he won the gold in the 2016 World Junior Championships in Poland.

05 May 2018 1:24 PM

Neeraj was favourite for gold here after his 85.94m throw last month at Patiala during Federation Cup National Championships. (Photo: AP)

CWG 2018: Junior world champion Neeraj Chopra 1st Indian to win gold in javelin event

Chopra went on to claim a gold medal with a season's best effort of 86.47m.

14 Apr 2018 11:41 AM

Kang's best effort of 84.22m put him in the seventh position among the final round qualifiers.(Photo:AP)

Davinder Singh Kang becomes first Indian to qualify for javelin throw finals

Kang qualified for the final with a distance of distance of 84.22m. while Neeraj Chopra crashed out.

11 Aug 2017 9:50 AM

Neeraj Chopra impressed at the World Junior Championship previously (Photo: AFI)

Paris Diamond League: Neeraj Chopra finishes fifth in elite 10-man field

Competing in his first senior competition, Neeraj finished at the fifth spot with a best throw of 84.67 metres.

02 Jul 2017 3:25 PM

Neeraj Chopra's world record effort was better than the bronze-winning throw at the Rio Olympics (85.38m by Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago). (Photo: Athletics Federation of India)

Neeraj Chopra gets Army job, starts supporting farmer father

Neeraj Chopra hurled the spear to 86.48m to set a new junior world record en route the gold medal at the 2016 IAAF World U-20 Championships.

12 Mar 2017 9:42 PM

Devendra Jhajharia competes in the men's javelin throw F46 final of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo: AP)

Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia wins gold at Rio Paralympics 2016

India now have two gold, one silver and one bronze in the ongoing edition of the Games.

14 Sep 2016 7:56 AM

Neeraj Chopra

‘SPEAR’heading a ‘throw’saurus

Winning a world title and setting a world record are feats that javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is very proud of.

14 Aug 2016 3:37 AM

I was hoping to throw far but I never expected to throw over 86 metres and break the world Under-20 record, Neeraj Chopra said after his sensational effort. (Photo: Athletics Federation of India)

Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra smashes junior world record

The 18-year-old Haryana lad sent the spear to a stupendous distance of 86.48m at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships in Poland.

24 Jul 2016 11:12 AM

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