This is Neeraj Chopra’s first gold this year after a massive 89.30m that bettered his national record earlier this week.
This is Neeraj Chopra’s first gold this year after a massive 89.30m that bettered his national record earlier this week.
Battling rain and slippery conditions, Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in javelin throw with his opening effort of 86.69m at the Kuorten Games in Kuorten, Finland on Saturday.
This was the first gold this year after Chopra A massive 89.30m which bettered his national record And earlier this week won a silver medal at the Pavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland.
The 24-year-old had just one legal throw and it was enough to take him to the gold. Chopra failed his second attempt and slipped while completing his next throw and did not attempt his other three throws.
Trinidad and Tobago’s 2012 Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott was second with 86.64m, while Grenada’s Anderson Peters, world champion and this year’s world leader with 93.07m, was third with 84.75m.
The other Indian, Sandeep Choudhary was eighth and last with 60.35m.