The 24-year-old is currently training at the Gloria Sports Arena in Antalya, Turkey. He has a personal best of 88.07m and won gold in Tokyo Olympics with a throw of 87.58m
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Neeraj, who clinched the historic gold with a throw of 87.58m in his second attempt at the Tokyo Olympics, has been eyeing the coveted 90m for quite some time now. His personal best is 88.07m.
Neeraj Chopra, who played a variety of sport with students and gave them tips on throwing the javelin, chose to address them about importance of balanced diet, fitness and sport.
The contract of the 59-year-old German, a former world record holder, was valid until the end of the Tokyo Olympics.
The 23-year-old from Sonepat on Monday produced an awe-inspiring performance when he smashed his own world record not once but five times to clinch the gold in the men's javelin F64 with a throw of 68.55m.
Sumit dominated the javelin F64 event to clinch the gold medal with a world record throw of 68.55m; obliterating his previous world record of 62.88m (in 2019).
Devendra Jhajharia won silver and Sundar Singh won bronze medal in javelin throw F45 category at Tokyo Paralympics.
The 24-year-old from Faridabad had finished fourth at the Moroccan Grand Prix in 2019 and qualified for the Paralympics after winning gold medals in the state-level tournament in Gurugram
His gold medal with a world record in the 2004 Athens Paralympics had almost gone unnoticed but Jhajharia is happy with the hype before the Tokyo Games.
Jhajharia won his first gold in F-46 category in 2004 Athens Paralympics and then had to wait for another 12 years for his second yellow metal in 2016 Rio Games.
The German said the good thing about Chopra is that he is an all-round athlete as he can sprint, jump and perform other exercises well.
A local petrol pump owner in Gujarat on Monday offered free fuel worth Rs 501 for for people named Neeraj in Gujarat's Bharuch.
Kasinath Naik, a Subedar in the Indian Army in Pune, trained Chopra between 2015 and 2017 at the Patiala national camp.
The 28-year-old Vetter had come into the Olympics as a hot favourite for gold, having thrown 90m plus on seven occasions between April and June but he was shockingly eliminated after the first three throws in the final.
Despite not breaching the stiff qualifying mark of 64.00m, Annu Rani's strong ranking of World No. 11 has helped her bag quota spot as just 15 throwers could earn the direct qualification.
With the Olympic Games less than 40 days away, both Hohn and India's top javelin throwers are levelling allegations against each other.
A coach on the payrolls of the government cannot train athletes other than Indians during official tours abroad.
Chopra's opening throw in Lisbon on Thursday was 80.71m while his sixth and last throw was 83.18m. Chopra generally averages around 85 metres with his throws.
The Olympic-bound javelin thrower injured his left ankle and has been advised not to throw for a week with Federation Cup slated from March 15.
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