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Neeraj Chopra won gold in the Javelin throw at the Asian Games 2023.
Updated : Oct 04, 2023, 06:42 PM IST
India's star javelin thrower, Olympic gold medalist and World Champion Neeraj Chopra has also won gold for India at the Asian Games 2023. wins the gold medal with a massive throw of 88.88. He was up against Kishore Jena.
With his 87.54m personal best, Kishore had passed Neeraj, but Neeraj came up with a huge throw, his season best, to add gold and silver for Kishore.
This athlete never stops. He has won and made several records for India. Neeraj won a gold medal in javelin back in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. With a throw of 88.06 m, he made a mark at continental level, giving signs of a fine future. Previously, he had also secured a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2018, with a throw of 86.47 m.
He completed his trophy collection by winning the World title in 2023 after winning the Diamond League championship in 2022.
Chopra also made a new national record and finished with a silver medal with a throw of 89.30 metres at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland, bettering his own previous national record of 88.07 meters which he had set in Patiala in March last year.