Neeraj’s journey so far
Neeraj Chopra achieved the first distance of his career in the javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships. However, he achieved his first medal at the international level in the year 2016, in which he threw the javelin 77.60 meters away. Neeraj won the silver medal by achieving this distance in the Asian Junior Championships.
Neeraj won the gold medal at the World Junior Athletics Competition this year. In this event, he surprised everyone by covering a distance of 86.48 meters. This is a record in the World Junior Athletics Competition. In 2016, Neeraj participated in the South Asian Games, in which he won the gold medal by throwing 82.23 meters second javelin.
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A year later, Neeraj achieved a distance of 85.23 meters in the 2017 Asian Championship event and won the gold medal here too. Next Neeraj participated in Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast. Here too, Neeraj waved his flag and captured the gold by securing a distance of 86.47 meters. Then it was the turn of the Tokyo Olympics.
What Neeraj did here will never be forgotten. He became the first athlete to win an Olympic gold for India in track and field. In Tokyo, Neeraj left everyone behind with a javelin throw of 87.58 meters and now improved his performance in the World Athletics Championships to cover a distance of 88.13 meters.
At the same time, Neeraj also broke his national record in the Stockholm Diamond League this year by achieving a distance of more than 89 meters.
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Neeraj broke his national record this year
Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra broke his own national record in the Stockholm Diamond League with a long throw of 89.94 meters. Earlier, he had a throw of 89.03 meters at the Pavo Nurmi Games on June 14. However, he missed out on crossing 90 metres. After winning the gold in the Olympics, Neeraj returned to the field in June itself.
Neeraj Chopra could not win the gold medal even after breaking the national record. His rival Peters Anderson won the gold medal. The 24-year-old Anderson had the longest throw of 90.31 metres. Anderson has also thrown 93.07 meters this season.
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Now the challenge of crossing 90 meters in front of Neeraj
In the World Athletics Championships, Neeraj expected to throw the javelin 90 meters away but he could not do so. In the final, Neeraj gave a tough fight to Anderson Peters. During this, he was also fouled three times. During his six attempts, he achieved distances of 82.39 metres, 86.37 metres, and 88.13 metres. On the other hand, Anderson threw the javelin for a distance of 90.21 meters in his first attempt itself.
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In the second attempt also he covered a distance of 90.46. Although he could throw only 87.21 meters in the third and 83.11 meters in the four, but in the last he secured the gold medal by covering a distance of 90.54 meters. In such a situation, Neeraj Chopra will try to give a befitting reply to Anderson’s challenge by throwing javelin to a distance of more than 90 meters in the upcoming competition.