Olympics declares ‘Neeraj Chopra day’ as India's golden boy storms into javelin final with 89.34m throw in Paris

| 6 Aug 2024 4:27 PM IST

The official X (formerly Twitter) handle of the Olympics described August 26, 2024, as the "Neeraj Chopra" day as the golden boy of Indian sports started his Paris Olympics journey with a bang. Neeraj breezed into the men's javelin by topping the qualification round with a season-best throw of 89.34m on Tuesday. What's even more amazing? The defending champion and independent India's only medalist in athletics, took only one attempt to ensure automatic qualification.

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