Who is Neeraj Chopra? Know the Indian javelin throw athlete and his records, medals and achievements at the Olympics, World Athletics Championships and more from his career.
Tokyo Olympic gold medallistNeeraj Choprais the world No. 1 in the latest men's javelin throw rankings issued by the World Athletics on Monday. Neeraj Chopra topped the charts with 1455 points, 22 ahead of Grenada’s Anderson Peters. The Indian javelin throw ace rose to world No. 2 on Au...
Neeraj Chopra had won the silver medal at the Finland meet last year with what was then anational record-setting 89.30m throw. Besides Neeraj Chopra, former world champion Johannes Vetter of Germany has also withdrawn from the meet. The two rivals, who last met at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021...
Heading into Budapest 23, Neeraj Chopra was already the first Indian track and field athlete to win a gold medal at the Olympics (Tokyo 2020), the Diamond League title (2022) and the junior world championships (2016). "This was great," Neeraj Chopra said. "After the Olympic gold I re...
Athletics: Neeraj Chopra set to defend his Asian Games title Ace Indian javelin throwerNeeraj Choprawill aim to match his 2018 Asian Games gold medal finish at Hangzhou today. The Tokyo 2020 gold medallist became a world champion this year and also came second in the Diamond League final at ...
While Neeraj Chopra has undoubtedly become the face of Indian javelin throwing after his multiple medal hauls at various events, Shivpal Singh is fast rising to carve his own name for the nation. The 24-year-old won gold in the Military World Games in Wuhan, China in October last year with...
Chopra is looking to win back-to-back gold medals at this year's Olympics. Michael Steele/Getty Images In India, however, he has nothing more to prove, his status as a national hero already secured. “Everybody knows Neeraj,” says Pritam, “because his posters...