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Indian Cricketers Salutes Neeraj Chopra For Winning Maiden Gold Medal In Tokyo Olympics
By CricShots - Aug 7, 2021 8:53 pm
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August 7, 2021, has now become a historic day for the history of Indian sports as the country witnessed the first-ever gold medal in track and field in the history of the Olympics. Neeraj Chopra bagged the first gold for India at the Tokyo Olympics. This medal also makes this Olympics, India’s most successful ever. The previous record was held at the London Olympics in 2012 when India had won as many as six medals in total.

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Neeraj Chopra made every Indian proud

Neeraj Chopra also became only the second individual sportsperson to win gold for India at the Olympics. He also joined the elite list comprising Abhinav Bindra, who had won a gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the 10-meter air rifle. The 23-year-old is a track and field athlete and a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in the Indian Army who competed in the javelin throw.

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The young man finished on top of the javelin throw competition in Tokyo after throwing the javelin as long as 87.58 m on Saturday. In the group stages, he had recorded 86.65 meters, which he managed to surpass in the final.

After winning gold in the same event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and the 2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast Australia, Neeraj Chopra has won his third medal at a major event, and with this, he finished a fantastic treble. He is also the first Indian to win an Olympics medal in the javelin throw.

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As Neeraj Chopra brought a gold medal, there were wishes from all across the country. The cricket fraternity also left no stone unturned in applauding the champion and send their congratulatory messages to Neeraj Chopra on Twitter.

Here’s how the fraternity reacted:

 

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