2024-08-07 14:58:48
Neeraj Chopra, India’s biggest hope in the Paris Olympic Games, has made it to the final of javelin throw on Tuesday. Neeraj Chopra, the only gold medalist in Indian Olympic history in athletics, qualified for the final by throwing the javelin 89.34 meters away and strengthened the hopes of a gold medal for the second consecutive time. Along with Neeraj Chopra, Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem was also showing his strength. Arshad Nadeem, who was the flag bearer of Pakistan in the opening ceremony parade on the Seine River, has also reached the final, but once again he failed to get ahead of India’s pride Neeraj Chopra. Arshad Nadeem covered a distance of 86.59 meters. Arshad may have been about three meters behind Neeraj, but both qualified in the first attempt. After qualifying in the first attempt, both the veterans did not throw the javelin for the second time. Now both will face each other again in the final to be held on August 8 at 11:30 pm.Neeraj Chopra vs Arshad Nadeem – Head to Head record
EventNeeraj Chopraarshad nadeemSouth Asian Games 2016, Guwahati1st (82.23m)3rd (78.33m)Asian Junior Championships 2016, Ho Chi-Min2nd (77.60m)3rd (73.40m)Commonwealth Games, 2018, Gold Coast1st (86.47m)8th (76.02m)Asian Games, 2018, Jakarta1st (88.06m)3rd (80.75m)Tokyo Olympics 20201st (87.58m)5th (84.62m)World Athletics Championships 2022, Oregon2nd (88.13m)5th (86.16m)World Athletics Championships 2023, Budapest1st (88.17m)2nd (87.82m)
Neeraj Chopra vs Arshad Nadeem: Friendship between the two across the border
The friendship between Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem is a great example of sportsmanship. After the Tokyo Olympics, when Nadeem used Chopra’s javelin for practice, a controversy arose and a war broke out between Indian and Pakistani fans on social media. Chopra immediately defended Nadeem, saying, ‘Arshad used my javelin as per the rules. Please do not use my name to create sensation.’ After this incident, the sense of respect and friendship grew between the two. Especially when Neeraj Chopra invited Arshad Nadeem to click a photo with him after winning the historic gold medal at the Budapest World Championship.
All participants of Paris Olympics Men’s Event Javelin Throw
Group A: Julius Yego (Kenya), Oliver Helander (Finland), Leandro Ramos (Portugal), Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago), Kishore Jena (India), Teura’itarai Tupaia (France), Julian Weber (Germany), Roderick Genki Dean (Japan), Alexandru Mihaita Nowak (Romania), David Wagner (Poland), Toni Keranen (Finland), Ihab Abdelrahman (Egypt), Curtis Thompson (USA), Patriks Gellems (Latvia), Pedro Henrique Rodrigues (Brazil), Jakub Vadlejch (Czechia)
Group B: Neeraj Chopra (India), Gatis Kaks (Latvia), Max Dehning (Germany), Cameron McEntyre (Australia), Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan), Marcin Krukowski (Poland), Lassi Etelatalo (Finland), Nnamdi Chinecherem (Nigeria), Luiz Mauricio da Silva (Brazil), Mustafa Mahmoud (Egypt), Artur Fellner (Ukraine), Timothy Hermans (Belgium), Anderson Peters (Grenada), Andrian Mardare (Moldova), Edis Matusevicius (Lithuania), Cyprian Mrzyglod (Poland)