Neeraj Chopra wins India's first silver medal of Paris Olympics

India's Neeraj Chopra came up with a season best throw of 89.45m to clinch silver in javelin throw event at Paris Olympics 2024 early on Friday morning. Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, however, did better as he set a new Olympic record mark of 92.97m to take home the gold. He is now the first individual Olympic gold medallist from Pakistan.Neeraj Chopra managed only one legal attempt and it was enough for him to take the Silver and achieve another first for India at the Olympics. On the other hand, Arshad threw twice more than 90m in the final in one of the greatest track and field performances in the Olympics. Grenada's Anderson Peters took home the bronze medal.
Neeraj, who became India's only second individual male athlete to win multiple medal at the Olympics after former wrestler Sushil Kumar, had been touted as India's biggest medal hope at the Paris Games, but with formidable opponents like Julian Weber, Anderson Peters, and Arshad Nadeem, victory was far from guaranteed. The competition began on a rather surprising note, with Neeraj, Arshad, and Weber all committing fouls on their first attempts. Arshad struggled at first, hesitating midway through his first run-up and restarting, only to produce an unsatisfactory throw.