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Hope to breach 90m mark this year: Neeraj Chopra
After the historic gold in Tokyo, the 24-year-old Olympic champion javelin thrower has continued to raise expectations with a silver at the World Championships
Indian javelin thrower Shivpal Singh suspended till 2025
The ban comes into effect from October 21, 2021, which means that Shivpal will be out of action till October 2025.
Not losing sleep over international rivals' early season 90m-plus throws, says Neeraj Chopra
Star javelin thrower is not losing sleep over some of his top international rivals producing big early season performances but made it clear that he would want to join the 90m club this year.
Neeraj Chopra to compete against Anderson Peters, Johannes Vetter in Word Athletics Continental Gold Meet in Finland
Chopra is pitted against current world champion Peters and 2017 world champion Vetter in the men's javelin throw event at the at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet on Thursday.
Another Neeraj Chopra in the making? Video of javelin thrower goes viral
Musselmann tweeted that 15-year-old Rohan Yadav is one of the biggest javelin talents in the country and has a lot of potential.
From Panipat to the Podium: Arjun Singh Kadian's Neeraj Chopra biography documents the athlete's astronomical rise
Written by a policy professional from Haryana, the book seeks to understand Neeraj Chopra’s journey in the wider context of what Haryanvis have accomplished in sports.
Neeraj Chopra's coach Klaus Bartonietz gets contract extension till 2024 Paris Olympics
After winning the historic Olympic gold in Tokyo, javelin thrower Chopra had expressed desire to continue to train with the German bio-mechanical expert
Year in review 2021: Neeraj Chopra grows into a colossus with elusive track and field Olympic gold
Neeraj Chopra heralded a new era in Indian athletics with his colossal Tokyo Olympics gold that acquired him a super star status in the country
Pro Kabaddi League 2021: Neeraj Chopra sings national anthem before opener, video goes viral
Ahead of the opening match, which was between U Mumba and Bengaluru Bulls, Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra sang the national anthem.
Neeraj Chopra says his entire focus is on sports, biopic can wait until he wins more medals
"I have been approached to do biopics but I think what I have achieved is just the beginning. This was my first Olympics. I want to win more medals. I don't want the movie to flop," said Chopra.
CSK honours Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Neeraj Chopra with Rs 1 crore cash prize, special jersey
After receiving the award and special jersey, the 23-year old Chopra said that the past two months have been an opportunity for him to experience new things and also thanked the CSK management for the support.
Memorable day for India at Tokyo Paralympics as world records tumble
Revisiting the defining images of Day 6 of the Tokyo Paralympics, where history was made, records tumbled and the Indian national anthem played — twice!
'It wasn't my best performance': Sumit Antil on Tokyo 2020 gold with world record throws
Sumit Antil said: "I was a little nervous because the competitors are great. I was hoping for a 70m-plus throw. Thought, maybe I can do 75m. It was not my best, I am very happy to break the world record."
Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Meet Sumit Antil, who reset world record thrice on way to winning javelin gold
Javelin thrower Sumit Antil won India’s seventh medal of Tokyo Paralympics. Here's a short profile of the man who reset the world record thrice on the way to winning gold at Tokyo Paralympics
National Javelin Day to be celebrated by AFI every year to mark Neeraj Chopra's gold medal win
The 23-year-old Chopra became only the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold in Tokyo on Saturday when he clinched the yellow metal in javelin throw with a best effort of 87.58m.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: 'I feel overwhelmed', says Klaus Bartonietz, Neeraj Chopra's bio-mechanics expert
Bartonietz has been with Chopra since the second part of 2019 when the youngster was undergoing rehabilitation following an arthroscopic surgery on the elbow of his throwing right hand.
With six hurls of a javelin, Neeraj Chopra conquers Mount Olympics
A country of over a billion waits 4,743 days—or 157 months or 13 years—for another individual Olympics gold! And then, on a clear, but humid Tokyo evening, in six hurls of a spear weighing 800 grams, a 23-year-old goes where even gods of India’s sporting pantheon have not been: to the top of the Olympics mountain.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Neeraj Chopra richer by crores as cash rewards pour in after gold medal
Haryana CM Khattar also announced that Chopra will be made head of upcoming Centre for Excellence in Athletics in Panchkula.
'Fulfilled a nation's dream': Neeraj Chopra wins javelin gold at Tokyo Olympics, wishes pour in
India's Neeraj Chopra threw a monster 87.58 metres to win India their second individual gold in history. He joins shooter Abhinav Bindra in the elite club, besides being the only track and field athlete from the country to win gold.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra optimistic about his maiden Games
23-year old Neeraj Chopra was thrust into the limelight after he won Gold in the 2018 Asian Games as well as the Commonwealth Games.