Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra and Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh, World Athletics women’s field event athlete of the year are among the 23 athletes whose competition artefacts were inducted into the World Athletics Heritage Collection.
Double Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra is set to begin training under his new coach, Jan Železný, a three-time Olympic and World Champion and the current world record holder in javelin.
Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra is set to travel to Potchefstroom, South Africa later in November for training in order to begin preparations for next year’s events, the sports ministry which will be funding the 31-day stay, confirmed on Friday.
Neeraj, who won a gold medal in the men's javelin throw in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, had revealed that he participated in Brussels with a fractured fourth metacarpal in his left hand.
Following his second-place finish in the Diamond League Final, Neeraj Chopra took to social media to reflect on his 2024 campaign. One of India’s leading athletes, the 26-year-old also revealed he participated in Brussels with a fractured fourth metacarpal in his left hand.
True to form, Chopra uncorked a massive opening throw and qualified for the final of here yesterday as the best of the twelve qualifiers.
Defending Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra said, he has saved his best for the final after topping the men's javelin throw qualification with a throw of 89.34m in the Paris Olympics here at the Stade de France on Tuesday.
Chopra, leading the Group B competitors as the world number two, vowed the near-capacity crowd with his brilliant first effort of 89.34 metres, which was well beyond the qualifying mark of 84 metres at the imposing Stade de France.
The athletics competition at the magnificent 80000-capacity Stade de France has already seen some fabulous finals, most notably last evening’s pulsating men’s 100metre final won by star American sprinter Noah Nyles by a heart-stopping five thousandths of a second.
Way back in 1973, when I was a student in Nizam College, Hyderabad, Swami Ranganathanandji of the Ramakrishna Mission addressed us. He made many thought-provoking statements. However, one comment of his is very relevant even today, in view of the ongoing Paris Olympics.
