#IndiaProudAgain: Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra bags gold at French meet
What's the story
India's star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won the gold at the Sotteville Athletics meet in France yesterday, beating 2012 London Olympics gold-medallist Keshorn Walcott. Chopra's throw of 85.17m put him way ahead of Moldova's Andrian Mardare (81.48m) and Lithuania's Edis Matusevicius (79.31m), who finished second and third, respectively. Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago came up with a throw of 78.26m, securing the fifth place.
Young talent
Chopra had earlier broken the national-record with 87.43m effort
The 20-year-old Indian from Haryana's Panipat had first made headlines when he won the gold in the 2016 World Junior Championship with a record throw of 86.48m. He also won the gold at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast earlier this year before breaking the national record with an 87.43m effort at the Doha Diamond League, where he finished fourth.
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Athletics Federation of India President sends his congratulations
Well done Neeraj...keep going...Congratulations to Neeraj and coach Uwe Hohn (former World Record Holder in javelin throw). Thank you SAI and Govt of India for agreeing to send Neeraj to Finland along with coach for training on recommendation of Athletics Federation of India https://t.co/ivbRTf6GbB
— Adille Sumariwalla OLY (@Adille1) July 17, 2018