NEW DELHI: As Neeraj Chopra claimed his second Olympic medal on the Paris Video games on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation in congratulating the star Indian javelin thrower for his silver.
Whereas Neeraj took the silver, Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem bagged gold with a brand new Video games document of 92.97m.
Neeraj took the silver together with his season’s greatest effort of 89.45 metres turning into India’s first track-and-field athlete to win two Olympic medals.
Whereas Neeraj took the silver, Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem bagged gold with a brand new Video games document of 92.97m.
Neeraj took the silver together with his season’s greatest effort of 89.45 metres turning into India’s first track-and-field athlete to win two Olympic medals.
With the silver on Thursday, Neeraj turned the fourth Indian athlete to clinch two Olympic medals in particular person sport.
Shuttler PV Sindhu (one silver, one bronze), wrestler Sushil Kumar (one silver, one bronze) and shooter Manu Bhaker (two bronze) have gained two Olympic medals every put up Independence.
