Watch: Neeraj Chopra escapes injury scare after nasty fall at Kuortane Games 2022
Cricket | June 18, 2022 23:31 ISTKuortane Games: Neeraj Chopra escaped an injury scare as he fell in an awkward position during one of his attempts.
Kuortane Games: Neeraj Chopra escaped an injury scare as he fell in an awkward position during one of his attempts.
Neeraj Chopra's opening throw of 86.69m at the Kuortane Games turned out to be the winning distance.
Out of the 37 picked by the selection committee of the AFI, 18 are women, with the likes of star sprinters Hima Das and Dutee Chand getting their berths through the women's 4x100m relay team.
Neeraj Chopra created a new national record as the Tokyo Olympics gold medallist threw 89.30 metres at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland.
The Olympic champion's first throw covered a distance of 86.92m which was followed by three failed attempts as Chopra could not manage to execute a legal throw.
Neeraj Chopra is all set to switch his training base from Turkey to Finland on Thursday to train in Finland's Kuortane Olympic Training Centre till June 22.
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
Neeraj Chopra will continue to train in Turkey after the Sports Authority of India's TOPS has approved the Olympic gold medallist's proposal to provide financial assistance of Rs.5.5 lakh approximately.
The Board handed Chopra a cheque of Rs 1 crore while Tokyo Games bronze medal-winning boxer Lovlina Borgohain was given Rs 25 lakh for her achievement.
Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra has been conferred with the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award of India.
Forty-year old Jhajharia has two gold medals in the javelin competition of Paralympic Games, 2004 Athens and more recently in Rio 2016.
Neeraj Chopra is a Subedar in the Indian Army. He had enrolled in 4 Rajputana Rifles as a direct entry Naib Subedar in 2016. He was chosen for training at the Mission Olympics Wing and Army Sports Institute in Pune.
After winning the historic Olympic gold in Tokyo, javelin thrower Chopra had expressed desire to continue to train with the German bio-mechanical expert.
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The manner in which Chopra bossed the field with his 87.58m throw fulfilled the aspirations of a billion-plus nation that had not seen a track and field Olympic champion in its 74-year old sporting history since Independence.
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.
The delay in the Games gave athletes further time to hone their skills and the Indian contingent fared well in Tokyo. India won a record seven medals and finished 48th in the rankings table, with Neeraj Chopra's Gold medal in javelin throw being the highlight of the Indian performance.
Son of a farmer, a strapping Neeraj, who turned 24 on Friday, immortalised his name in Indian sports history with his gold-winning throw of 87.58m on August 7, the penultimate day of the showpiece.
Ayushmann Khurrana is keen to play Neeraj Chopra in case he chooses to not play himself and act in his biopic. He said, "The resolve and the nerves of steel that he showcased at the Olympics to a win gold for India needs to be saluted."
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