India’s Golden Boy Neeraj Chopra wins silver medal at Paris Olympics 2024. The first Indian to win track and field medals at two Olympic Games.Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem grabs top position with a monstrous throw of 92.97 in second attempt gave a tough competition to India’s Neeraj Chopra who threw 89.45 in his second attempt.
The Javelin throw turned out to be India versus Pakistan just like in cricket with Pakistan’s Nadeem, grabing first position in Javelin throw
followed by India’s Neeraj Chopra getting silver and Anderson Peters from Grenada getting bronze.
India is yet to win gold in these games and this is the fifth medal overall, Chopra has won many medals and has placed himself in the golden books of Indian Sports.
After winning silver medal Neeraj chopra said, it was probably not my day. ‘Every day is not yours, losing and winning is a part of game’. Either we win or lose. “It was Arshad’s day,
Aaj Arshad ka din tha…’’‘ I gave my best but it was Arshad day it’s time to improve the game now…’ he added.
On Neeraj Chopra winning a silver medal his mother Saroj Devi said, ‘We are very happy, for us silver is also equal to gold… he was injured, but still he played well, so we are happy with his performance’,”
She is also happy for Nadeem performance who won gold, ‘All the athletes are like her own children.’ She also reveals that she will cook Neeraj’s favourite food when he returns home. Her comment is winning millions of hearts on social media.
Neeraj became the first Indian to win back to back Olympic medal after independence. He is an inspiration to millions of Indians, the whole country is proud of him and is celebrating his victorious win.
