Neeraj Chopra won the country’s seventh medal and first gold in this Olympics and joined shooter Abhinav Bindra (2008 Beijing Games) as India’s individual gold winner in the showpiece. With this, the country surpassed the previous best haul of six medals achieved in the 2012 London Games.
Team India record best records best-ever haul of 6 records.
How Neeraj Chopra sealed the Olympic Medal.
President of India Tweets for Neeraj chopra.
India has not won an Olympic medal in athletics since 1947. Although it has produced the occasional athlete who could compete amongst the best in the world, an Olympic medal in athletics has been needed.
Their hopes depend on 23-year-old javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra. As 2016 World Junior Champion, Asian Games, and Commonwealth Games champion, an Olympic medal would seem a natural progression for the best javelin thrower India has ever produced.
His 88.07m throw in Patiala in March, which broke his own national record, has raised hopes. Qualifying for the final on his very first throw (86.65m) has further strengthened the belief back home.
Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in Tokyo Olympics 2021 and the medal needed for so long in the athletes are finally in the hand of India 1st time in history by throwing javelin 87.58mtr in his 2nd throw.